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”