There is an “I” in Team
You go to work each day for yourself. Everybody does the same thing. Unfortunately, you only get a paycheck for hitting company targets, and you can’t do that by yourself. It makes more sense to be a contributing part of a team. Remember, it’s choice, not chance that determines your destiny.
Scoring points only for your self is not always the best choice. It’s entirely possible for you to score a lot of points and still end up losing. Smart players always strive to keep personal goals and corporate goals in unison. If you forget for one second that the common goal is the common good, you are putting the “golden goose” at risk. In that situation the risk steadily increases to the point that maybe, just maybe, everybody will lose. It is likely in a tough economy and competitive environment companies with teams that don’t row together will go off course or sink rapidly, especially if everyone is not pulling on an oar. I can assure you that the folks on the top deck of the Titanic were not hanging over the railing looking down at the lower decks thinking, those poor souls are in trouble. Success or survival, if you will, is based on the realization that we are all in this together. We all need each other.
Smart players always strive to keep personal goals and corporate goals in unison.
To become a cohesive winning team the most important building block is trust. Trust that your other teammates are doing their fair share of the work. …… and of course, you are doing yours. Without teammates to share your success, can you imagine how silly you will look doing jumping high fives all by your self. Exchanging high fives is part of the joy of team play and achievement. The celebration of success makes the job seem more like fun than work. If you’re having fun, you’re going to feel better. It will become easier to do a better job. Finding the easy way is not really a science, as much as it is an art. The art of making friends.