Hi, Bob:

Good post highlighting a key point in your book, which I am enjoying as I take a deep dive into it.

I especially noted one phrase you used:  " ... collective intelligence and performance of most leadership teams is well below the average intelligence and performance of the members."   Too often, I think we miss this point that just having a leadership team does not mean either  superior or even standard performance.

As you indicated, the tendency is to "dumb down" and the result is poor leadership, even if the individual leaders are adequate or even strong leaders individually.

Just reinforces the need to intentionally develop leadership teams, as well as individual leaders.

John