PLAYERS AS COACHES

The opportunities to learn from your people are boundless. About their activities external to work, for sure, but also about the depths and reaches of their understanding. As a leader, whether in technology, architecture, or medicine, you are expected to understand your field, to know where it is headed, and to translate this knowledge into the strategic direction that keeps you ahead of the field. But you will be fooled, and your group and goals poorly served, if you as a leader do not have experts in your group whose knowledge and understanding far exceed your own. And where better to turn for an education than the safety of your own group?

It may feel that you are exposing your ignorance by asking for a tutorial, but not ...

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