How leadership teams really work

What is in the guide?

1. Where to start. What makes a leadership team effective, and how to see where yours stands.
2. Purpose, tasks and membership. Why the team exists, which work needs all of it, and who belongs in it.
3. Meetings and decisions. Where a leadership team does most of its work together, and how to make that time count.
4. How the team works together. Psychological safety, trust and conflict: the states that make it possible to speak up and decide well.

Each chapter opens with its answer and the points to take away. Its figures draw the argument, and its sources are listed at the end of the chapter.

How do you use it?

Read the first part to see the whole picture. Then pick the chapter on the question your team faces now, and share it before you discuss it.

Why is it built this way?

The guide puts the research on leadership teams in plain words, with every source listed so anyone can check it. How the parts fit together is set out in what makes a leadership team effective.