Would you rather be captain of a losing team or the regular member of a winning team?

"I'd rather be a regular member of a winning team. Leadership rises from developing a greater understanding of all the pieces at play and how they all come together. Understanding all the components and every contribution at play will help you understand how to succeed. If you are the captain of a losing team, you're driven by your ego, commanding everyone, believing you can do what no one else can. I'd rather be a regular member of a winning team. I want to learn from them so I can be the captain of the next winning team."

"That's a challenging question. On one hand, there's a lot to learn from that winning team. Innovation comes from collaboration and the exchange of information. However, some of the best lessons come from our failures. If I had to be the captain of a losing team, I suppose it would be worth gaining a deep understanding of what drove that team to fail. I could use it as an opportunity to evaluate how to drive that collaboration and steer that team to a more innovative and encouraging environment and turn them around into success. If it ends up as a no-win scenario, I suppose there are also lessons to be learned from that."