1. TRAILBLAZER - Visionary leaders, A Teams, Performance driven culture, Crisp accountability 2. FOLLOWER - Bureaucratic leaders, B Teams, Alliances driven culture, Selective accountability 3. BURNER - Ignorant leaders, B+C Teams, Self preservation culture, What is accountability?

Choose your leaders wisely, Visionary = Bold, knowledgeable, promotes meritocracy & charts new paths. Bureaucratic = Insecure, mediocre, promotes nepotism & maintains status quo. Impostor = Fearful, ignorant, promotes flattery & drags all to the bottom.

Create winning teams by placing people in right spots. This requires passing through the layer of facade and understanding the deepest nature of your team members. THINKERS = Create ideas (Architects, Analysts, Strategists) DOERS = Turn ideas into Products & Services (Engineers, Operations) TALKERS = Sell Products & Services (Evangelist, Sales, Marketing)

Recognizing your team capability and fixing them to become A-team is the first responsibility of  a manager. This requires participating, talking and listening deeply. A Team = Just gets it Done B Team = Assigns Blame C Team = Runs in Circles What is your team type?