Team Building
It’s tough being a Green Bay Packer fan when you live in Washington State. But here I am, devoted fan that I am, and fortunate to have found the Northwest Packer Backers where I can celebrate our wins. Or drown our sorrows. We’ve been drowning more this year and last…
As I’m sitting there last night watching the Packers self-destruct, I was thinking about what it takes to be a team. One that wins. Every year the professional teams out there begin a season again and learn how to be a team. How do they learn? How do they count on each other so they can win?
And aren’t we all part of a team?
What do you do to help your team win?
Don’t most of you have “being a team player” on your review? Did anyone ever define what it means to be a team player?
My definition is a bit weird. It’s this:
You deliver what you say you will deliver when you say you will deliver it. This is the foundation of being a team player.
Here’s the reasoning:
A team is made up of people who have specific responsibilities to do.
Each person is responsible for doing what they are responsible to do.
If you don’t deliver what you are supposed to do, someone has to cover for you to ensure your stuff gets done - along with their own stuff.
Other teams exploit this weakness in your work.
That’s what happened in the middle of the third quarter last night with the Packers. People stopped delivering what they were responsible for and others had to pick up the pieces. And the Philadelphia Eagles ripped them apart for a big win.
The editors on this blog are learning to be a team. We have never met face to face, we’ve talked on the phone more than once, and we’re pretty good in our own right. And we really want to Pimp Your Work.
But, we’re not yet a team. We’re learning. We start by delivering what we say we’re going to deliver. Then good things follow.
What’s the best PYW thing you’ve done to develop into a team?
Scot
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