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Context Matters: Leading Different Teams
Tracey Honeycutt Sigler
The Citadel, Baker School of Business
Carrie A. Blair and Sarah Castle
College of Charleston, School of Business
Volume 14: 2021, pp. 41-58; ABSTRACT
In our organizational behavior and management classes, students tend to recognize various characteristics of teams, but are less able to recognize how effective leaders vary their responses to match these different characteristics. In this exercise, three vignettes are used based on the team leadership experiences of one manager. Each experience required different leadership approaches and thus the leader needed to adapt to the specific characteristics of each team. In small groups, students identify various characteristics of the teams and make recommendations on appropriate leader style. The exercise can be used to discuss teams and team leadership.
