Red tops, African-American dances orchestra that performed in the southern states during the period spans two decades before and after the American civil rights movement, it may seem rather unexpected source for the study of effective leadership. However, the management of Walter Osborne Group provides extremely relevant for this case only. In this article we look at the phenomenon of leadership team using socio-historical paradigm to identify and describe effective leadership team to learn lessons for leaders of organizations, as well as demonstrating the strength of the social and historical analysis. In our work we use the framework proposed by Morgeson, Lindoerfer, Loring, and explain how the team should the Red Tops were met overall guidance Osborne elected manager of the group. The main lesson for business leaders of the team that each member feels free to express their own identity, while maintaining the common identity of the team. The team's ability to work and remain unchanged for a long period of time increases the ability of the team leader to meet the needs of the team in terms of trust, fairness and equality, such that each participant can experience what it means to be a true part of the group. "Hide
by Milorad M. Novicevic, John Humphreys, MR Buckley, Corey Cagle, Foster Roberts Source: Business Horizons 12 pages. Publication Date: November 15, 2011. Prod. #: BH453-PDF-ENG
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