foundations of team leadership 6h1 foundations of team leadership four player model

6h1

Foundations of Team Leadership


Four Player Model


Four-Player ModelThe Art of Moving a Conversation Forward

Move

Bystand Follow

Oppose

Source: David Kantor


The Four Practices of Moving a Conversation Forward

Completing the Missing Voices/RolesVoice: “What needs

to be said?”

Move

Bystand Suspending: “How does this work?”

Follow Listening: “How does this feel?”

Oppose Respecting: “How

does this fit?”

6h4


ROLES of the Four Player Model

• Movers, are not necessarily leaders

• Followers, are not weak

• Opposers, are not ‘devil’s (devil’s advocates)

• Bystanders, can be like “Big Picture Synthesizers and Team Paraphrasers”

6h-5


Potential Impact of the Four Player Model

• Without movers, there is no direction

• Without followers, there is no implementation

• Without opposers, there is no correction

• Without bystanders, there is no perspective

6h-6


• Individuals get locked into a single action

• Opposers are punished by the group, or they dominate

• There are no strong Movers, or no one ever Follows a move

• The Bystander is disabled

• Individuals attach double messages to their moves

• The team is unable to reach closure and produce results

• Lack of capability or flexibility to engage in all four action behaviors

Stuck Groups

6h7


The Art of Moving a Conversation Forward

In the Flow of an Effective Group Conversation….

FollowerCompletion

OpposerCorrection

BystanderPerspective

MoverDirection Proposing

Inquiring Agreeing

Synthesizing

6h-8


Review conversations and meetings to identify which roles are present and which are absent.

Assess your own contributions. Are you dominating one role? Are you avoiding any roles?

Consciously choose to adopt a particular role to influence a conversation positively

Applying the Four Player Model

6h-9


Individuals in the group have the flexibility to engage in more than one of the behaviors

The group and individuals in it don’t tend to get

caught in repetitive, ritualized patters of behavior

The group has an active, enabled bystander function which helps it stay unstuck

The group is able to reach resolution and produce results

In well-functioning teams, the group can engage in all 4 ROLES in observable, balanced sequences

Benefits of Flexible Roles

6h10


A Skilled Juggling Act

Team Leadership

6h-11


Completing the Missing Voices/Roles

Advocacy

FollowerCompletion

OpposerCorrection

Inquiry

BystanderPerspective

MoverDirection

Merging 4 Player Roles /Advocacy & Inquiry

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