In addition there's the third option of the self coached team, which I will call committee from here on forward.- Committee: Cost effective, everyone has skin in the game. I could go on for pages. (For extra credit: what would  a director do? Right, the director should come prepared with a set of "do's". He lives in Vienna, Austria. This is as noble as it is difficult, especially when dealing with an entire cast of actors (or professionals for that matter). 

The boss does in all likelihood not know better what needs to be done than the knowledge worker. Anything you observe about these? Right.- Coach: No stretch goal&. Because they think they have to (compare dog training literature!)So, the coach needs to provide enough guidance to keep the level of leadership at a comfortable level for the team (the composition of the team of course becomes important here too!). You get the idea. This is a term that you will find in management literature on "leadership", usually in combination with another term: voice.- Coach: Always (even in parallel with director), experimenting with new ideas, time of continuous change.

Committee: Cements status quo, high frustration potential. This is what the director does.Con's- Director: More restrictive, more static, "done" when objective achieved. If it is not provided, then the most insecure, the most risk averse, those that can worst handle uncertainty and change, will assume leadership roles.Role- Director: - "Mold" to vision.) Don'ts do not tell you what to do but that what you have been doing doesn't work.- Committee: Rotation, everybody takes turn coaching the team.fesch. The leader has a vision and he has a voice to inspire others to follow his vision. 

At Second City the director will come to rehearsals with a vision, but the cast comes up with the content.- Committee: Familiar format with experienced cast.Well suited when- Director: Production quality ("broadway material"), time of fundamental change. You stand on stage thinking "I should not talk about this", and "shouldn't I be making stuff up instead of thinking what not to do?". I think that especially in times of great uncertainty people hunger for clear guidance.

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