Captain

Role Attribute

The Captain is responsible for the success of the job that needs to be done by a Crew from the perspective of its stakeholders.

Role Attributes:

Chief β€’ Captain β€’ Chair β€’ Enabler β€’ Scribe β€’ Envoy β€’ Agent β€’ Guide β€’ Producer β€’ Director β€’ Guru β€’ Creator β€’ Performer β€’ Maven β€’ Custodian β€’ Inspector β€’ (custom)

Purpose

The Captain represents a Crew towards Chiefs and other stakeholders.

The Captain may act as a tie-breaker in the case of difficult team decisions.

Notes

The Captain is a leader with a job to do, not a line manager or people manager.

The Captain is similar to the Circle Lead in Holacracy.

A Captain is not the same as a Chief. The Chiefs are the only β€œline managers”, and they only operate in the Governance Crew. The Captains are not line managers and they can operate in all other Crews.

Rules / Constraints

  • There is typically only one Captain in a Crew but pairing and rotation are good options.

  • The Captain is never a line manager of the people in a Crew.

β€œThe role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”

(Source: Anais Nin)