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Conclusion

Kelly (2002) suggests that effective leadership teams share the following characteristics. They:

 were highly facilitative as individuals and as a group.
 encouraged internal and external networking.

 kept a fluid or responsive structure.
 narrated developments.
 focused on their purpose but especially on learning.

 were values driven.
 were supported in their leadership as individuals.

To this list we would add four other features of productive teams. They are:
 clearly distributed management functions.
 deliberately focused on understanding what teamwork meant to the group, including aims and
values.

 encouraged interdependence.
In the next section of this Conversation we invite you as mid‐level leaders to sharpen your
understanding and knowledge of team leadership by testing your responses to a series of
conversations.

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