How many times have you applauded optimal teamwork that performs beyond expectations? You say something like, “They’re a well-oiled machine,” or “They’re perfect cogs running like clockwork.”
Every workgroup aspires to reach this level of efficiency. Managers have visions of their employees acting as a team. A winning team.
And you know what they say, don’t you? They say, “There’s no ‘I’ in team.”
And they would be correct. But not in the way they think.Continue Reading “Optimal Teamwork Relies On Every ‘I’ In Team”
Only Heels Can Be Heroes Redux
Sometimes, nothing more than timing.
On our thirty-seventh anniversary, it’s fitting to revisit the very first Carosa Commentary that appeared in the inaugural issue of The Sentinel.
This is in the same vein as “No Guts, No Glory.”
Essentially, Heels and Heroes are made of the same stuff. Only the outcome of their deeds is different (or at least viewed differently). Ultimately, the critical factor leading to the labeling of a man (or woman) may be nothing more than luck.Continue Reading “Only Heels Can Be Heroes Redux”