Captain

Role Attribute

Captain

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 • Captain • Chair • Enabler • Scribe • Envoy • Agent • Guide • Producer • Director • Guru • Creator • Performer • Maven • Custodian • Inspector • (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 “line 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.

Chief
Agent
Performer
Captain
Guide
Maven
Chair
Producer
Custodian
Enabler
Director
Inspector
Scribe
Guru
Custom
Envoy
Creator
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