Robert J. Thomas
January 17, 2003
Any number of seminars, books, retreats and gurus are available to help individual executives hone their skills as managers and leaders. But how do these executives learn how to lead as a team?
Research into team leadership management conducted by the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change suggests that few leadership teams are equipped to make complex decisions quickly and fewer still are skilled at carrying them out collaboratively. Most executives got where they are by proving they could manage people and budgets, and some have demonstrated their competence as leaders. Many have worked as part of a team. But few top managers know how to "lead as a team," i.e., to collaborate in making complex decisions, building team leadership, and engaging in productive conflict with peers who may also be competitors, and then to lead change across their multiple constituencies (be they functional, geographic, or product lines).
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