Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Power of Teams
"What it takes for a team to thrive - common interest, common commitments and common work that really needs doing."

Common interests are things that speak to all of us in the near term - they motivates us and they are easy to see or to imagine. Common commitments are deeper and driven more by values and long term goals. Common work is clear enough – for a team to perform well, all members need to see the clear and compelling work to be done that only a team can do well.

Teams missing any 1 of these 3 ingredients are likely to fail. Teams can be saved if you know which piece is missing and you can ask the right questions to start filling the gaps.

Shared commitments are the values and beliefs that motivate us, that help us explain to ourselves why we do what we do. Being of service to others can be a shared commitment. Shared commitments go beyond money and other short term goals to answer that question, why? Sure, our team wants to win, but why? Sure, we want to make money, but why? Many teams succeed in short run because they have common interests – like making money – but don’t last in the long run because the question of why was never really on the table.

The people who find the most meaningful lives with growing prosperity are those who can tell you what they believe in beyond the day to day life. Folks who can say, yes, this is where my passion lies, this is the vision I have for a better community, are the ones who make those better communities real. As daily life becomes more a matter of choice than of economic necessity, those who know where their commitments lie beyond the small interests of making it through the day and the week and the month are the ones who thrive.

kAkA.hUnTeR
Whatever victories you win will always be incomplete until you share them with people you care about.

spoke at : 5/18/2008 12:53:00 PM

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