Collaborative Intelligence

CHAPTER 9Provide Well-Timed Team Coaching

Rhonda M., a senior intelligence analyst, has a problem with the team she is leading, and she is not sure what to do about it.¹ A few weeks ago, the chief of Rhonda’s unit asked her to pull together a team to assess the possible secondary consequences of an overseas intervention that was being planned. The intervention would significantly disrupt the channels through which massive quantities of illegal drugs were being moved from the country where they were produced to the countries where they would be sold. Although it was to be carried out covertly, the intervention was certain to be noticed and eventually it probably would become known who sponsored it. The administration official who requested the ...