This New Way
Rethinking Leadership: The Characteristics of a Successful Team Guide (with Gary Bolles, Chair for the Future of Work)
Nov 16, 2023
Gary Bolles, Chair for the Future of Work, shares insights on rethinking leadership and embracing the role of a team guide. He discusses the changing dynamics of work, empowering teams, transforming culture, and the characteristics of a successful team guide. The episode explores concepts like leaderless organizations and offers tools for meeting efficiency.
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- Empowering teams to find solutions requires leaders to shift from being the one with all the answers to being the one with the best questions.
- The future of work calls for a shift towards distributed organizations and the role of team guides who empower, align, and adapt to changing circumstances.
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The Importance of Transparency and Empowerment in Team Leadership
Being transparent and admitting that you don't have all the answers is crucial in empowering your team to find solutions. This requires a different approach to leadership, one that focuses on guiding rather than controlling. The shift from being the one with all the answers to being the one with the best questions is key. Embracing this mindset allows leaders to leverage the collective capacity of their team and remove barriers to problem-solving. Organizations are co-creating the next rules of work, and leaders who can embrace these new approaches will find tremendous opportunities in this inspirational but challenging time.
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