Tools for Team Leadership: Delivering the X-Factor in Team eXcellence

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Latham, Gary, 95

law of the few, 220-222

leaders : direction setting by, 263;

Extraverts as, 37-38;

knowledge needed by, 24-25;

personal qualities needed by, 25-26;

self-assessments by, 31;

skills needed by, 25;

Sociable Facilitators as, 51. See also team leader

leadership: effectiveness of, 9;

focused approach of, 9;

success- related traits of, 7;

team. See team leadership

Leadership Effectiveness Analysis: achieving of results, 31;

behaviors evaluated on, 28-30;

definition of, 27;

followership development in, 28, 30;

following through in, 29, 31;

team playing in, 30-31;

vision in, 27-30

leadership style: directive type of, 8;

of Noble Funlovers, 55;

of Novel Transformers, 57;

participative type of, 8;

of Sensible Technicians, 50;

of Sociable Facilitators, 52;

team maturity and, 66;

variations in, 8

leadership team: conflict in, 266;

description of, 65-66;

egos in, 263;

elements of, 257-258;

example of, 267;

examples set by, 266;

interview questions for, 259;

isolating nature of, 266;

leader support of, 261;

members of, 265-266;

performance goals for, 264-265;

questions regarding, 277-278;

team-based operation of, 264-266;

teambuilding for, 259-263;

views in, 263

leadership types: Noble Funlovers, 53-56;

Novel Transformers, 54, 56-58;

Sensible Technicians, 48-51;

Sociable Facilitators, 49, 51-53

leading vs. managing, 26

learning: attention and, 202;

feedback and, 202;

opportunities for, 248;

during problem solving, 152, 222;

rapid, 34-35;

from teambuilding, 78-79

listening: communication uses of, 105, 107-111;

descriptive, 185;

in teams , 208

Locke, Edwin, 95

logic, 43