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Why should we *not* do this?
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Committing to specific term lengths puts pressure on the leads to identify new
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leaders earlier than they might otherwise.
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leaders earlier than they might otherwise. Note that If the leads fail to identify
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any suitable candidates, then we will have hit a (hopefully exceptional) situation
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where we will need to ask the current leadership to stay on board for longer than
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expected. At that point, the leads' ongoing goals **must** include the proactive
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seeking of the next generation of leaders.
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# Rationale and alternatives
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When it comes to co-leadership, the two leaders need to be able to work
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together effectively. We do not want to end up with a pair of leaders who cannot
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talk to each other. Therefore, we currently are choosing a system where the
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together effectively; we believe they need compatible working styles
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and complementary sets of skills. Therefore, we currently are choosing a
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system where the
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current leaders have final say on who the next junior lead will be, in order to
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optimize for healthy intra-leader communications.
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