As much as we may like to think we had a virtuoso team at Allerton, I do not think our team fits the VT definition according to this book. Yes, we did work extremely well together and moved a large group of students forward but I think the VT title may fall on the group who developed the curriculum. The curriculum is truly revolutionary and I bet the process to create it yielded some synergy that included great leaders and a search for a result greater than the individual parts/ideas.
I think we had a team with virtuoso tendencies though... I feel that if we were left to develop or restructure the LS curriculum ourselves we may have developed into one. I think we owe this to LS because the program is so careful in selecting it's Lead and Cluster Facilitators. That part resembles the development of a Virtuoso Team. I also think that if LeaderShape was to get eight very experienced facilitators like Denny and Carla together to Lead and Cluster for a session, that may border on becoming a VT since they would know the curriculum well enough to improvise and play off of each other well.
If you take a look at Table 1.1 on page 14 you will see our team leaders, including LeaderShape as one of our leaders, did many of those things. I just do not think all of us had enough time or familiarity to attempt each of these actions.
One theme I was fascinated by in this book is the intentionality used when choosing team members and how hard it is to get to a point where you can be that intentional. We all work with great people but we rarely work with potential/intentional VT members. For example, we offered a position to our #1 hall director candidate and he declined. #2 is a great candidate but she will not compliment the team as well as #1 did. I know there must have been many but can any of you think of Virtuoso Team examples in your worlds we may be able to relate to?
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