Teaming for strategic leadership

Teaming For Strategic Leadership By Tony Osime

Module Introduction

Teams – the strategic perspective

Top management’s role

Types of teams

Exercises

Icebreaker

The Reinforcing Cycle Desire to excel Team Creation Exceptional Results 1 2 3

Top Management’s Role

Understand Teams

Type of teams

Strategic impact

Emphasize Teams

Policies

Practices

Resources

Types Of Teams

By Activity

Work Teams

Improvement Teams

Integration Teams

By Composition

Functional

Cross-Functional

By Duration

Permanent

Temporary

By Activity

Work Teams

Improvement Teams

Integration Teams

Produce

Things

Recommend

Changes

Coordinate Work

By Composition

Functions

A B C

Cross Functional

Functional

By Duration Temporary Permanent

Exercise – Strategic Potential

List the teams in your Co.

Classify them by type

Order them by strategic potential

Decide what type of teams work best

Exercise – Strategic Design AB Bank Sweden wants to set up a bank in Nigeria. Based on their founding policy the bank must be structured around teams, not functions. As local consultants, your task is to setup a team based organizational structure for AB Bank Nigeria. Prepare a presentation describing your design

Exercise – AB Bank Team Congratulations! AB Bank Sweden has accepted your design. They were so impressed that they want your team to be one of AB Bank Nigeria’s key teams. Choose a team from your design and assess your team’s fitness for the task. What changes or actions would you propose for your team?

Exercise – Supporting Teams After one year of working in a team based organization structure, you have been asked to recommend policies, practices and resources for supporting teams in banks in Nigeria. Outline your recommendations.

Conclusion Teams are one of the most powerful forces for change in an organization and represent sound building blocks for the design and execution of competitive strategy

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