Good Monday to all ka.
Even I've been more particular about what to write, I found one topic to share as I was reading 'CEO Excellence' ka....if you follow this egroup, you may recall that I got hold of this book for some time now and have been so slow to read it. Yet, amazingly, whenever I pick it up to read for simply several pages, I love it every time ka....this round, nothing is different and here it is ka.
The title of this chapter is, 'Teamwork Practice....make the team the star'. .I love Michael Jordan's quote that follows which reads, 'Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships'
My eyes and heart got stuck with the chapter loei ka.
Reading about Michael Jordan's Dream Team who lost to a group of college players by eight points meant a lot jing jing ka. The story went on to talk about Michael Jordan who said they were out of sync.... while the Coach then, Chuck Daly, decided not to make any adjustments during the game to sort of teach the team one good lesson for them to realize that 'they must know they could lose too!'. The arrogance and complacency was replaced by teamwork and hunger, which led the team to win the Olympics Gold.
My learning is:
- Individual competence and intelligence is good but not great...more is needed for the right people with the dynamics of how to work in a team for 'stronger impacts'.
- Teamwork means shared goals with sync actions based on intelligence.
- Losing could be a good strategy for us to learn the hard way.
There's one little story about Gail Kelly who took over Westpac as CEO. Her team felt she didn't deserve to get the position.....this could sound like quite a few people in our government service who suffered from this kind of attitude (I too lived through it for a short while too!)
What she did was to heighten the degree of team trust and collaboration by turning a 'group of 12 direct reports into a high-performing team through a series of off-sites' to work on transformation projects together. She made sure that the purpose of the team was 'clarified, behavioral expectations were set, and trust was built through facilitated sessions....'
My learning is:
- Trust can be built through designed activities with clear expectations set for all involved.
- High performing teams can be small in number but must be the right people.
- Team building is something to invest and do regularly.
Will read more to share more ka.
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