Agile Leadership Toolkit: Learning to Thrive with Self-Managing Teams

2.1 When Do Teams Take Ownership?

Dispirited, unmotivated, unappreciated workers cannot compete in a highly competitive world.

– Frances Hesselbein

Introduction Questions

1. How would you define ownership?

2. What are situations where you lose ownership quickly?

Introduction

It’s Monday morning. Patricia arrives in the office to find her teams busy at work. Some notice her arrival, smile, and nod, but most are engrossed in their work. A few people are gathered around a whiteboard, lost in discussion. Two others are paired up in front of ...