Team-led leadership

During my 'Inspiring Leadership' podcast conversation with him, the former England Rugby Head Coach, Stuart Lancaster, describes leadership as being about balancing the need to keep control whilst also letting go. In order to create ownership and have an effective team he believes you need to go through the following process:

1. Culture

The first stage is to get the right people in the right positions to promote the values and behaviours you are looking for.

2. Identity

Connect to the history of the school or setting in which you are working. For older institutions there may well be a visible history to connect to, whilst in start-ups this is more about step 3.

3. Higher purpose

Look beyond targets and results to unpick your overall purpose. This can link to mission, culture and identity.

4. Behaviour and standards

Your higher purpose informs the requisite behaviours and standards of working.

5. Ownership

When everyone is aware of the culture (expected values and behaviours required) then ownership begins to develop

6. Leadership

Once ownership is in place you then have team-led leadership; this is the last piece in the jigsaw when every other stage has been activated. ?

How far are you down the line are you in relation to developing team-led leadership?

You can listen to the full conversation with Stuart on our 'Inspiring Leadership' podcast. Available on all the usual podcast platforms and via our website here

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