1. What are the differences between the two elite technology development teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering in terms of motivation and creativity? The Lumen Team is obviously much more motivated and creative than the Absorb Team. This situation is created by the leadership styles of the team leaders. Max is showing very effective leadership while Chip is acting like a mere manager rather than a leader. Although trait motivation levels are similar in both teams, Chip kills all the motivation and creativeness of his team members with his insensitive, close minded and destructive attitude. We can see this from electronic daily diaries of the two teams. The Lumen Team members are highly motivated and very eager to innovate and improve inspired by their team leader, Max. However, the Absorb Team event don’t know exactly what their schedule is for the project.

2. From the electronic daily diaries what are the differences in team leader behavior, team members’ thoughts and behaviors and team dynamics?

In the Lumen Team, Max allows each member to work independently on a different aspect of the project which support team members’ confidence in performing a task which in turn leads to a better performance. However, in the Absorb Team, Chip micromanages his employees and this decreases the confidence level of team members as well as their performance.

In the Lumen Team, Max is very sensitive towards his team members. We can see that in Day 1 diary. Max is open to suggestions and insights of his team members. By this way, each team member feels to be empowered rather than ordered for a task. However, Chip is just the contrary. He is very insensitive towards his team members. He is not open to suggestions and he even doesn’t take insights and inputs from his team members when he is making a decision. Consensus is not on the Chip’s agenda. So this situation