John Austin, writing in his excellent blog, Tag your Team, references research by Robert Kelley on ‘followership’ which examines two different traits of behaviour in team members: critical thinking and pro-activity.

By analysing these on two independent axes Kelley was able to identify 5 stereotype followers – sheep, alienated, survivors, effectives and yes-people.

The research showed that effective followers add value, focus on goals and take initiative: in other words the best followers are those people that could be leaders.

“Teams in which every team member has the skills to lead have great potential to excel”.

This resonates very well with the bioteam's cornerstone of distributed leadership and every member a leader (in different domains).

Bioteams Books Reviews

The Starfish and The Spider

October 6, 2007 | article by Ken Thompson in Book Reviews (37)

The Book "The Starfish and The Spider" uses the amazing capabilities of starfish to survive and regrow damaged limbs as a powerful metaphor for leaderless organisations.

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