Membership: How Do You Establish Membership?

To be a good leader you need to create good membership. But how do you establish membership?

In his book, Structure and Dynamics of Organisation, Eric Berne talked about how from a member's point of view you join when you feel safe enough to commit to a group, but also if there is a willingness to compromise your independence and accept collective norms.

A team is not only a commercial community, but also a community of cooperation and values. If people embrace the commercial position,. but don't accept the cooperation and values you will remain a group nd never develop into a team.

For example, I work with a lot of engineers. They love being solo experts, but they won't actually start working as a group as long as they insist on their independence. And this is something to watch out for as a leader.