The ability of the leadership team to lead together is crucial to the future of the organisation. At its best, the leadership team models productivity, quality, collaboration, learning and good leadership for the rest of the organisation.
The leadership team operates and leads as part of a diverse system of stakeholders. To be successful, it is essential to maintain a vital and reciprocal relationship with the surrounding system so that the purpose, goals and actions of the leadership team serve the whole.
The leadership team is also an important home base for its members. When facing challenges, it is important that the team acts as a source of energy and support. The team also provides a mirror and an engine for the individual development of each of its members.
This is not always the case, and even a leadership team can lose purpose and focus. The dynamics can be unhealthy, so that instead of energising, work and membership in the leadership team are perceived as a burden.
Even an effective leadership team is faced with a new situation when members, or even a single member, changes - or when there is a significant change in its operational environment.
In these situations and at these junctures, the leadership team often benefits from a development process that takes the work of the leadership team to a new level - in terms of energy, quality of thinking, collaboration skills and productivity.
The benefits of the development process include:
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strengthening trust and open interaction and dialogue
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clarification of mutual expectations and roles
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analysis and development of leadership team practices
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more extensive use of different strengths, skills and resources
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continuous improvement of the effectiveness and trust in the leadership team
