{"id":4926,"date":"2015-11-19T19:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T01:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2015-11-19T19:47:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T01:47:03","slug":"which-team-are-you-leading-anyways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/19\/which-team-are-you-leading-anyways\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Team Are you Leading Anyways?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>During a stop on my leadership trip here in Asuncion, Paraguay, a discussion with one of my South American colleagues reminded me of a key leadership truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Every leader leads two teams; there\u2019s the team you inherited, and there\u2019s the team you built.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up. They had been assembled by your predecessor, and you simply came along to assume a leadership function.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The team you built is entirely different. These are the people you hand-selected. They are the people you identified, recruited, brought on board and developed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the surface they might look remarkably similar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But experienced leaders will know the two both have great potential, but they must be led with different leadership skills.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams.jpg\" class=\"btn-image--openpopup figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-4927\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4927\" title=\"T\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams.jpg 700w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams-433x300.jpg 433w, https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/two-teams-116x80.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The team you inherited:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May have a very different core values than the ones you seek to develop,<\/li>\n<li>May be devoted to a different vision and may not fully embrace the vision you bring,<\/li>\n<li>May provide you with instant cordiality, but not necessarily instant loyalty,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The team you built:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Likely carries the core values you seek, because you screened for this when you recruited them<\/li>\n<li>Likely carries the vision you cherish, because they helped you develop it.<\/li>\n<li>Is instantly more loyal to you because you brought them on board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does this mean to the leader?<\/p>\n<p>1. You can sprint with the team you built, but you <em>journey\u00a0<\/em>with the team you inherited.<\/p>\n<p>You patiently bring them along with you to the place where they inhabit the values, vision and, yes, even loyalty, you have created in the team you built.<\/p>\n<p>2. You understand that the journey with the team you inherited takes time.<\/p>\n<p>Some will come on board remarkably quickly, a few will drag their feet but eventually embrace your leadership.<\/p>\n<p>3. You recognize that some on the team you inherited will never come around.<\/p>\n<p>At some point you will need to decide that they will need to find their future on some other team, under someone else\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that you want everyone to be on the same page with vision, values and loyalty. But if a few people seem to be lagging behind, check to see if they might be on the team you inherited.<\/p>\n<p>If they are, just be prepared for a longer journey.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the journey will be worth it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a stop on my leadership trip here in Asuncion, Paraguay, a discussion with one of my South American colleagues reminded me of a key leadership truth. Every leader leads two teams; there\u2019s the team you inherited, and there\u2019s the team you built. The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738,478,581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-self-assessment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}