Team is defined in Webster’s New World Dictionary as “joint action by a group of people in which individual interests are subordinated to group unity and efficiency.” When reading this, I am reminded of the comments from a member of one of our early teams about the challenges the team has experienced.
“At first,” the leader said, “it seems we weren’t getting anywhere. It seemed all we were doing was arguing about what each other thought the best approach to the problem solution was. Then, we came to realize that it wasn’t what ‘I wanted’ that was important, but what was best for the team and the organization. Then, finally, we began to make significant progress.”