Foundations of Team Leadership

1. Foundations of Team Leadership Four Player Model

2. Move Follow Bystand Oppose Source: David Kantor Four-Player ModelThe Art of Moving a Conversation Forward

3. Voice: “What needs to be said?” Move Follow Listening: “How does this feel?” Bystand Suspending: “How does this work?” Oppose Respecting: “How does this fit?” The Four Practices of Moving a Conversation Forward Completing the Missing Voices/Roles

4. ROLES of the Four Player Model • Movers, are not necessarily leaders • Followers, are not weak • Opposers, are not ‘devil’s (devil’s advocates) • Bystanders, can be like “Big Picture Synthesizers and Team Paraphrasers”

5. Potential Impact of the Four Player Model • Without movers, there is no direction • Without followers, there is no implementation • Without opposers, there is no correction • Without bystanders, there is no perspective

6. Stuck Groups • Individuals get locked into a single action • Opposers are punished by the group, or they dominate • There are no strong Movers, or no one ever Follows a move • The Bystander is disabled • Individuals attach double messages to their moves • The team is unable to reach closure and produce results • Lack of capability or flexibility to engage in all four action behaviors

7. Synthesizing Proposing Mover Direction Follower Completion Bystander Perspective Opposer Correction Inquiring Agreeing The Art of Moving a Conversation Forward In the Flow of an Effective Group Conversation….

8. Applying the Four Player Model • Review conversations and meetings to identify which roles are present and which are absent. • Assess your own contributions. • Are you dominating one role? • Are you avoiding any roles? • Consciously choose to adopt a particular role to influence a conversation positively

9. Benefits of Flexible Roles • Individuals in the group have the flexibility to engage in more than one of the behaviors • The group and individuals in it don’t tend to get caught in repetitive, ritualized patters of behavior • The group has an active, enabled bystander function which helps it stay unstuck • The group is able to reach resolution and produce results In well-functioning teams, the group can engage in all 4 ROLES in observable, balanced sequences

10. Team Leadership A Skilled Juggling Act

11. Mover Direction Advocacy Follower Completion Bystander Perspective Inquiry Opposer Correction Merging 4 Player Roles /Advocacy & Inquiry Completing the Missing Voices/Roles