“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln highlights how that Lincoln managed to craft a team that saved a nation. Teamwork often takes individual performance to the next level, and this is especially true in leadership situations. No matter how large the group, two people or two hundred or two hundred million, humans are social creatures who usually accomplish more by working as a team. As discussed earlier, teams are an important concept in PerfectCoaches because they enhance both personal life and professional life. Strong leaders build teams by bringing people together and helping them understand their shared goals and clearly defining their expectations of one another.
Teams come in many sizes ranging from two or three colleagues working in the same office suite to large virtual groups working on a particular project. These large groups can also function well as a team, whether or not they interact face-to-face.
In order to turn a group into a true team, the leader encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, commitment, team spirit, and group identity. Ask yourself: Did you get things done with others today? Yes or no?
These basic rules of conduct will help your team find success.
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