Comments on: There IS an “I” in Team

By: Viveck Varma

Viveck Varma — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:59:00 +0000

In reply to Mike Maz. I totally agree Mike, I keep insisting in team debriefs for the members to stop hiding behind 'we' and 'us', and speak out with an 'I', and take responsibility for themselves and their views

By: Mike Maz

Mike Maz — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:33:00 +0000

Absolutely – I’m fed up with people who keep twittering on with the ridiculous statement “There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM” when there is and you explained it very well. None of this “There is a ME but jumbled up” or “an I in A-hole!” but good inspiring words. Nice… There is an I in TEAM and there will always be.

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Consensus | | Politically CrapPolitically Crap — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:46:01 +0000

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By: Diana Guess

Diana Guess — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:12:00 +0000

Very good and interesting article about leadership. These days, it’s not that easy to be a great and responsible leader, because you have many things to do. You must try to be a friend for your team members first, not a boss or something like this. It’s important to listen opinions, implement new and positive things. To be respected we must also respect – an essential fact!

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Credit cards — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000

To be that individual, there are certain elements that you must BE, KNOW and DO. And that is what creating authority expertise is all about.

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Loan Modification Application — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:03:00 +0000

Good post. I see that these factors contribute highly for successful completion of any project. My team had indeed no team lead. We value each person and would like them to be a master of their own work. Infact it works.

By: Skip Weisman

Skip Weisman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:05:00 +0000

Mike,
Great article and I must say, “great minds think alike?” Back in February I wrote a similar article on my blog entitled, “The Myth of Teamwork: Why Successful Leaders Engage the “I” in TEAM to Succeed!”

In the article I pointed to specific examples in athletics how a breakdown of “teamwork” is really one of individual performance and that “teamwork never fails, individuals fail teamwork.”

A client of mine actually came up with this definition of teamwork which I included in my article, “Teamwork is a group of individual interdependent successful efforts!” I thought that was a brilliant definition.

Skip

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By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:00 +0000

In reply to Mike Henry Sr.. Astute observations Mike. I especially like the word picture you used to describe the ripple effect associated with dysfunctional teams. Thanks again for sharing Mike.

By: Mike Henry Sr.

Mike Henry Sr. — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:37:00 +0000

Mike, thanks for the great post. I think all 8 of the bullets is critical. Overlooking any of them creates cracks in the structure of the team that become canyons further down the org chart. Every failed team I’ve been involved with or been aware of could trace it’s core problems back to one or more of those 8 points.

To me, the best teams are the ones where everyone succeeds best when the team succeeds best. The team culture and the leader can maintain all 8 factors because everyone is working in their own best interest to make the team succeed. Thanks for the great post.

Mike…