Shared Leadership
Sometimes in my workshops, I share the story about the dreaded “college group project”. My project group was usually made up of 4-to 5 people. Inevitably you ended up with three people who were actual “doers”, a “slacker” and a “poser.” ( I might be showing my age) By the end of the project, you respected the slacker more than the poser. How could that be? The slacker was honest with the group that they were not going to produce much. The slacker always grabbed the low hanging fruit and ran with it. However, the poser talked a big game and took on important chunks of the project. Even after chasing and following up… The poser never delivered. The team got burned and ended up pulling an all-nighter. The poser represented “All talk and no action!” This ended up putting more on the three who were in fellowship to succeed. Oh… And by the way, …