Are you a team player?
Every job description has a mandate of being a team player. How do you become an ideal team player?
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According to research, every individual has this innate desire to collaborate and work together. Technology has enabled people across the world to work together and be part of a team. Teamwork is not restricted to working within a team, many people have to work across departments within the company and today there are companies that are working with other companies as one team to reach common goals.
In his book, ‘Are you an ideal team player?’ Patrick Lencioni discusses three virtues of an ideal team player.
Have Humility with confidence
Humility is about not being self-centered, egoistic, and selfish. Rather thinking about putting others’ interests before ours. But humility means to have no confidence. It is not about thinking less of yourself rather thinking about you less.
Stay hungry
This is an attribute that should be developed early in life. A hungry person is not satisfied by doing the minimum but rather puts his best effort into everything he does.
Develop emotional intelligence
This is very much required in a team to understand what people around you need around and how should you deal with them.
So to be humble hungry and smart are three very simple virtues to have in order to become a good team player but the key is to possess all these qualities and these are virtues that can be developed.
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