[18]Have Them Lead the Team

WEEKLY/MONTHLY MEETINGS are a great opportunity for your team members to gain experience leading your team. Let each member of the team fill this role for a month or some other period of time. Allow them to be responsible for developing the agenda, leading the meeting, and disseminating the minutes. After a full rotation among the staff, your team will better understand how difficult it is to set an agenda and guide a group of people with many opinions and competing commitments. More important, they will better understand how to lead a meeting and will actually become more effective team members.

As their leader, this exercise provides you the opportunity to sit back, watch the dynamics, and be a participant in the ...

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