Seeking Team Diversity

The video discusses the importance of forming a diverse and complementary team in leadership. It highlights the common pitfall of leaders hiring individuals similar to themselves and emphasizes the need for self-awareness in decision-making. The speaker suggests building teams with varied skills and dispositions to enhance organizational capacity and effectiveness, avoiding the tendency to hire clones.

Why might leaders prefer team members who are similar to themselves?

• It makes them uncomfortable.

• It aligns with their comfort zone.

• It ensures diverse perspectives.

• It challenges their decision-making.

What should leaders consider when forming their management team?

• The speed of decision-making.

• The organizational needs and their own self-awareness.

• The number of team members.

• The similarity in educational background.

Why is it important for leaders to have team members with different dispositions?

• To create a complementary team.

• To avoid conflicts.

• To build a team of clones.

• To ensure faster decision-making.

What is a key benefit of having diverse roles within a team?

• It simplifies the decision-making process.

• It enhances the organization's capacity to meet its needs.

• It reduces the need for communication.

• It ensures everyone thinks alike.

Which of the following roles might be valuable in a team?

• A person who only follows orders.

• Someone who avoids networking.

• An innovator and speed thinker.

• A person who dislikes organizational processes.