From the course: Leading and Working in Teams

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Leading from every level in a team

Leading from every level in a team

From the course: Leading and Working in Teams

Leading from every level in a team

- Right now who do you think is responsible for your company's success? You may think it's the CEO or your boss or your boss's boss but I want to make the case that it's you and to do that, I have to make a distinction between big L leadership and little l leadership. Big L Leadership refers to the leadership exercised at or near the top of large organizations of all kind, those high-level executives make decisions that influence everyone in the organization and these leadership roles are absolutely critical to the success of the organization and to the success of teaming. It includes developing the right organizational culture and setting the kinds of clear direction that others can rally around to work together to achieve their goal. But let's think about little l leadership for a moment. This is the kind of leadership that you exercise when you're working together to get something done with other people. It's about creating the conditions to help make complex, interdependent work…

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