Leading and working with teams, the people who make up the team have a desire for Self-Direction (autonomy) to make their own choices AND have a desire to be Other-Directed (dependence) to be told what to do. Each has there benefits and challenges.

Each person and the collection of people on the team have varying levels of comfort with ambiguity. Each team, based upon their past, level to handle complexity, and comfort with each other, have varying levels of comfort with ambiguity.

How much autonomy? How much dependence? Where do you find the balance? Does it really matter?