CHAPTER 2
LEADING THE TEAM
‘You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader.’
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
INTRODUCTION
What kind of leader are you? How would you define your leadership style?
In this chapter we will look at two common metaphors for leadership and recommend an approach to team leadership that we think is the most relevant one today.
Two metaphors that have been regularly used in team leadership development are the leader as Hero, and Robert Greenleaf’s concept of leader as Servant (Greenleaf, 2002). To explain these more fully, the leader as hero is typically the type of boss who knows what he or she wants, has a clear sense of direction, doesn’t really want to hear ideas from the team and is not afraid ...
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