The Leading EDGE™/The Teaching EDGE™

Harry Potter aka Deb CoulsJenn Wayne aka Jennifer Mallory

The Leading EDGE™

• Effective leaders usually have more than one leadership style

• A key to good leadership is to match the style of leadership to the people and the stage of the team’s development

ExplainDemonstrateGuideEnable

The Teaching EDGE™• A team’s success depends on learning new

skills• The leader is responsible for providing skill

instruction• Match instruction to learner’s enthusiasm and

skill• Use Teaching EDGE™

Explain Demonstrate Guide Enable

Stage of Team Development

Forming

• High enthusiasm and motivation/low skills

• Forming requires Explaining

The Leading EDGE™

The Teaching EDGE™

Explain / Forming

• Enthused and motivated to learn

• Skill level low

Explain exactly what to do and how to do it

Stage of Team Development

Storming

• Low enthusiasm/low skills• Storming requires

Demonstrating

The Leading EDGE™

The Teaching EDGE™Demonstrate / Storming

• Realizes the skill may not be easy to master

• Enthusiasm and motivation are low

• Skills level still low

Demonstrate by clearly showing what to do and how to do it

• Rising enthusiasm/growing skills

• Norming requires Guiding or Coaching

The Leading EDGE™Stage of Team Development

Norming

The Teaching EDGE™Guide / Norming

• Skill level increases

• Motivation and enthusiasm increases

Guide by giving freedom to figure out things, supporting with encouragement, and helping to move closer to the goal

• High enthusiasm/high skills• Performing usually requires

Enabling

The Leading EDGE™Stage of Team Development

Performing

The Teaching EDGE™Enable / Performing

• Skills and enthusiasm are high

• Learner can act independently and be very productive

Enable the person by giving them the freedom to make decisions

Regression

Stages of Team Development

Stages of Team Development

Stages of Team Development

Stages of Team Development

Summary

A team responds best to leadership tailored to the stage the team is experiencing at the moment

A learner responds best to skill instruction tailored to the stage of skill development the individual is experiencing at the moment

Summary

The Leading EDGE™ acronym describes the behavior of a leader as the team moves through the stages of development

The Teaching EDGE™ acronym describes the behavior of a skills instructor as the learner moves through the stages of development

STAGES OF TEAM DEVELOPMENT