--- title: Did You Find the Right People for Your Leadership Team? description: There’s a difference between a team leader and a team player in business. It's critical for your company to find the right people for your leadership team. image: https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-3096439882-jpg/blog-files/team-leader-vs.-team-player-300x200.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/107407/eos/did-you-find-the-right-people-for-your-leadership-team/#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/content/email-template-images/placeholder_200x200.png) ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [Did You Find the Right People for Your Leadership Team?](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/107407/eos/did-you-find-the-right-people-for-your-leadership-team/) Written by[Don Tinney](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/don-tinney) on February 19, 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Implementers](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/implementers) [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) [Leadership](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/leadership) [Team](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/team) [![team Leader vs. team player](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-3096439882-jpg/blog-files/team-leader-vs.-team-player-300x200.jpg?width=281&height=187&name=team-leader-vs.-team-player-300x200.jpg)](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/file-3096439882-jpg/blog-files/team-leader-vs.-team-player-300x200.jpg) Two years ago I wrote a blog article contrasting team players, and team leaders. Why? Because there’s a stark difference between the two and it matters greatly who you have on your leadership team. ## The Right Kind of Person for Your Leadership Team **Team players**, as I am choosing to apply this label, are exceptional at being where they’re supposed to be and doing what they’re supposed to do. They execute well, play out their role on the team, follow the game plan, are technically solid and consistently produce results. In short, you can depend on them to get the job done well. That said, all these valuable attributes don’t make someone a team leader. **Team leaders** have that necessary, additional ability to see an opening—to spot the opportunity—and engage the team players in capitalizing on that opportunity. As the business landscape changes in front of your organization, leaders have their heads up. They’re always alert, anticipating and watching for that next opening that will take your business to the next level. Team leaders suppress the fear of making a wrong decision, knowing that a decision must be made to keep the team moving forward. So they decide, and adjust quickly to correct the course if the need arises. ## Making Leadership Changes As you survey your organization, do you have **players** or **leaders** on your leadership team? If you have a leadership team of technicians and you want to see your company grow, you will need to move your great technicians to seats that allow them to do what they do best and add real leaders and managers to your [leadership team](http://eosworldwide.com/105606/eos/alignment/) to do what they do best. It's not complicated, but VERY important if you want to advance your business to the next level. ## Next Steps - Read more about getting [the right people in the right seats](http://eosworldwide.com/106234/eos/right-people-right-seats/). - Download a [free chapter of *Traction*](http://traction.eosworldwide.com/download-traction-ch1) by Gino Wickman   --- More Blog Posts: ← [Watch your business game films](http://blog.eosworldwide.com/blog/110468/eos/watch-business-game-films/) | [Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit](http://blog.eosworldwide.com/blog/111380/eos/leadership-lessons-cockpit/) → ![eos-tools-dark.jpg](http://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/eos-tools-dark.jpg "eos-tools-dark.jpg") ## Unlock The Toolbox. Simple tools that empower entrepreneurs to get what they want from their businesses. 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