Know Your Role: Why the Best Teams Don't Have One Leader
Most teams hand one athlete a title and expect leadership to follow. It doesn't work — and now there's research to prove it.
In this episode, Tex breaks down why the traditional captain model sets athletes up to fail, what social network analysis reveals about how leadership actually operates inside teams, and why distributing leadership across multiple players — with defined roles and real development — consistently produces stronger outcomes than concentrating it in one person.
You'll learn the three questions every leader has to answer honestly, why your role doesn't limit your leadership but defines it, and what it looks like to build a leadership system instead of just picking a captain.
Whether you're a coach designing your team's culture, a captain trying to figure out what the role actually requires, or an athlete who leads without a title — this one's for you.
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Research referenced: Fransen et al. (2014), Loughead et al. (2006), Vella et al. (2013), Price & Weiss (2011), Gould & Voelker (2010), Mertens et al. (2018)
