Tribal Leadership: How to leverage up your tribes
from "ME" to "WE"
Barry Bettman, ATL, PCC
THE FIVE TRIBAL CULTURE STAGES CULTURAL MAP AND ANATOMY
Stage Relationships Theme Structure
5 Ever-expanding triads
“Life is great!”
4 Triads “We’re great!”
3 Hub and spoke “I’m great!”
2 Disconnected “My life sucks”
1 Alienated “Life sucks”
From Tribal Leadership, Logan, King & Fischer-Wright, 2008, HarperCollins
Stage 1 “Life sucks!”
Mood: Alienated
Mindset: Street gangs, Prison inmates
Structure: Exterior monad
Occurrence: Less than 2% of American professionals
Stage 2 “My life sucks!”
Mood: Separate
Mindset: Victims, rebels without passion
Structure: Interior monad
Occurrence: 25 % of workplace tribes
Stage 3 “I am great!”
Mood: Personal domination
Mindset: Individualistic over-achievers
Structure: Hub & spoke dyads
Occurrence: 49 % of workplace tribes
Stage 4 “We are great!”
Mood: Stable partnership
Mindset: Collective results, shared values
Structure: Stable partnership triads
Occurrence: 22 % of workplace tribes
Stage 5 “Life is great!”
Mood: Team
Mindset: Infinite potential
Structure: Webbed network team
Occurrence: 2 % of workplace tribes
THE FIVE TRIBAL CULTURE STAGES CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL MAPS
3 Separate Relationships is not a Triad
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Responsible for the quality of relationship
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“Triad” • Shared Values • Common Purpose/Project • One for all & all for one
TRIADS THE BASE OF STABLE RELATIONSHIPS
Barry Bettman, ATL, PCC
Approved Tribal Leader for workplace cultureProfessional Certified [email protected]
