Tribal Leadership
by Dave Logan & John King & Halee Fischer-Wright · 2008
In a nutshell
Explores stages of human interaction in scaling companies. Helps set up successful team dynamics.
Overview
Stages of 'tribes' in organizations.
Stages
- Identify tribal stages.
- Move to higher performance levels.
Reference
Tribal Leadership — publisher / official page. Summary adapted from the Awesome Startup Books collection.
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