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• Working and mature functioning—If the management team is in
place for the long term, you must establish a culture that sup-
ports the mission, goals, and tasks of the company but also
allows for differences in the management team to be valued.
Depending on the phase of your business, you should first identify
what is critical so that you can measure and control it. Are you looking
for outcomes of a team effort? Do you consider how people react to
crises? Second, develop a habit of deliberate role modeling and coach-
ing. The rest of the team will often follow your lead because they per-
ceive that is how things are done in this company. If the connection is
made between this type of behavior and the awarding ...