If you lead with others, you trust others

Look through the training tips that you have completed or have been eager to try out. Highlight those that you think have been the best fun or the most rewarding. Take a moment to consider why you liked those in particular. 

Bring everyone’s job descriptions to the next meeting. Ask each team member to write down on post-it notes the situations when they feel that they have the authority to lead the group or make their own decisions. Put the post-it notes up below each job description. Is it possible to see where the mandate to lead and make decisions overlaps between various roles and where it is missing? 

Ask all team members to write down example responses to the following questions: How does the team observe and evaluate itself? How do members on the team encourage one another to provide reinforcing feedback? Then discuss the written responses jointly.