Dave Kesby: Herding Cats - Unconventional Team Leadership
I sat down with Dave Kesby, organizational coach and author, to talk about his book, \u201cExtra-Dependent Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity\u201d, where he challenges the conventional wisdom of teams.
As he writes in his introduction, \u201cthrough the lens of convention a lot of the features of Extra-Dependent Teams are misdiagnosed as faults: working apart is seen as working in silos, lack of interdependency is seen as uncollaborative, and working only towards their individual goal is seen as not being a team player.\u201d
Dave served in The British Army for seven years before turning to a career in\xa0 organizational and leadership development. He combines military, academic, corporate and volunteering experiences to provide a fresh and challenging perspective on what it means to lead, as well as be part of a team.
Read the full article: https://outsidelens.com/herding-cats-unconventional-team-leadership/\xa0
What was covered:- The differences between Inter-Dependent versus Extra-Dependent teams
- What are communities of practice and how they contribute towards innovation, silo-busting and improving organizational agility
- Why \u201cherding cats\u201d\xa0 is not necessarily a bad thing in an organizational context
- Focusing on common practices instead of common goals enables shared learning and performance improvement
- Looking at the team for what it is instead of what it ought to be provides simpler solutions and decreases the need for control and competition
- Extra-Dependent Teams: Realising the Power of Similarity, a book by David Kesby
- Woodeson Kesby Organisational Coaching
- Get in touch with David via LinkedIn and email