Forming a team. Setting up roles. Linking up to organizational values, goals, and leadership. Continuously improving performance and membership.
The Cynefin Framework is a sense-making device for understanding the sort(s) of environment you and your team/organization may need to make decisions and take action in. Here is a great 8′ video on it by its creator, Dave Snowden.
This 5′ minute TED talk – “The Power of Mentoring” – emphasizes long term benefits flowing from the role.
Good 5′ explanation and slidedeck relating to the job of understanding stakeholders for project purposes. Very important at the front end of most any project, but particularly those developing their products via a plan-driven approach.
Lucid concepts and visual explanation, addressing risk, roles, processes, products, and revenue. Wow!