Transforming Your Leadership Culture

260 TRANSFORMING YOUR LEADERSHIP CULTURE

Exercise 11.2 Senior Leadership Team

Feasibility Exercise

Circle the number that best represents your position on each continuum.

Team work style. The work of the senior team is characterized by:

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a strong leader who makes

most operational decisions

and expects compliance

from team members

regular team and

frequent subgroup

meetings with the main

focus on big issues

Trust. The team is:

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closed and secretive

and operates with many

hidden agendas

open, transparent, and

trusting of team members

and others in the

organization

Learning environment. The team supports and reinforces a work envi-
ronment where:

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being right is highly

valued and mistakes are

frowned on

learning happens

together in public,

and mistakes are

treated as learning

opportunities