The Power of Team Work!

Let me inspire you to believe in the power of team work... be it at work or at home. In both situations you are part of a team... that team is successful or it is not and this depends on the amount of work, sacrifice, and dedication each team player possesses. Are you a team player or do you do most of the work? Do you require other members of the team to join in and provide quality contribution? Often a team falls apart because one team member ends up doing most of the work. A team is not made to function in this way... it will become weak, and then begin to falter. Good leaders make sure that team members are functioning up to par. They give advice, encouragement, and constructive criticism when and where it is needed to help keep the team functioning as a well oiled machine. If you are a team player... do your part and do it well. How you do your part speaks volumes about who you are. How you do your part makes or breaks the team: strive to make it, not break it. Do more then you are asked. Help out when you see it is needed. Make sure your part is a quality contribution to the team effort.

What we give comes back to us!

Mac Anderson gives us some more inspiration: Check it out! Watch the 3 minute movie at the end of the excerpt if you like the Blue Angels! I love them! Look at what is produced by the strength of their teamwork!

The Power of Teamwork By Scott Beare and Michael McMillan Excerpt from the Foreword

After meeting Scott Beare for the first time, it hit me! What had impressed me so much about Scott during our first meeting was his use of words. They were direct, straightforward and honest...a rarity in today's politically correct world. You may be wondering what this has to do with our book on teamwork. In short, everything.

Working with Scott affirmed what I've always known – the dictionary doesn't define words – people do.

Words are symbols. They mean different things to different people at different times. This point is critically important to understand when it comes to words commonly used to discuss teamwork.

Take the word trust, for instance. Trusting someone to deliver a package on time, score a goal, or deliver a sales presentation all represent certain levels of trust. Trusting someone to fly directly at you and pass within inches of your aircraft at a combined speed of 1,000 miles per hour, represents yet another degree of trust. What level of trust do you suppose is needed for the person providing your verbal commands, the mechanics who service your engine, the guys who inspect your gauges, and all the others responsible for any number of details? As a Blue Angels pilot, the word carries significant meaning...to an abnormal degree.

Recognizing this, many of the words in our book may appear similar to those used by others writing about teamwork. But don't be confused by spelling and pronunciation. I've been on many teams throughout my life – baseball, football, track and wrestling – creative teams, work teams, sales teams, and the like. But the definition of teamwork adhered to by the Blue Angels is outside my scope.

To Scott Beare and his teammates, these common words used to describe teamwork, the ones we've used to write this book, are far from common.

As you read them, ask yourself, as I have numerous times throughout this project, what these words mean to you. What do they represent to the members of your team? Once our definitions begin to align with those of the Blue Angels, we can be confident we're ready to operate at peak performance...and understand the true power of teamwork.

If you haven't seen our 3 minute movie on The Power of Teamwork, you're in for a treat. Just click on the link below to watch it, and don't forget to share it with...your team.

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The article above was excerpted from the book "The Power of Teamwork" By Scott Beare and Michael McMillan. It is reprinted here with permission. You may share this story as long as you do not edit the content; leave the links and this resource box intact.