1. Adaptable—If you won’t change for the team, the team may change you
Adaptable people are:
Teachable
Emotionally secure
Creative
Service minded
2. Collaborative—Working together precedes winning together
Becoming a collaborative team player requires a change in focus in four areas:
Perception: See teammates as collaborators, not competitors
Attitude: Be supportive, not suspicious, of teammates
Focus: Concentrate on the team, not yourselfResults: Create victories through multiplication
3. Committed—There are no halfhearted champions
Some things every team player needs to know about being committed:
Commitment usually is discovered in the midst of adversity
Commitment does not depend on gifts or abilities
Commitment comes as the result of choice, not conditions
Commitment lasts when it’s based on values
4. Communicative—A team is many voices with a single heart
Communicative players:
Do not isolate themselves from others
Make it easy for teammates to communicate with them
Follow the twenty-four-hour rule (don’t let any difficulty or conflict with a teammate go more than twenty-four hours without addressing it)
Give attention to potentially difficult relationships
Follow up on important communication in writing
5. Dependable—Teams go to go-to players
The essence of dependability:
1. Pure motives
2. Responsibility
3. Sound thinkingConsistent contribution
Adaptable people are:
Teachable
Emotionally secure
Creative
Service minded
2. Collaborative—Working together precedes winning together
Becoming a collaborative team player requires a change in focus in four areas:
Perception: See teammates as collaborators, not competitors
Attitude: Be supportive, not suspicious, of teammates
Focus: Concentrate on the team, not yourselfResults: Create victories through multiplication
3. Committed—There are no halfhearted champions
Some things every team player needs to know about being committed:
Commitment usually is discovered in the midst of adversity
Commitment does not depend on gifts or abilities
Commitment comes as the result of choice, not conditions
Commitment lasts when it’s based on values
4. Communicative—A team is many voices with a single heart
Communicative players:
Do not isolate themselves from others
Make it easy for teammates to communicate with them
Follow the twenty-four-hour rule (don’t let any difficulty or conflict with a teammate go more than twenty-four hours without addressing it)
Give attention to potentially difficult relationships
Follow up on important communication in writing
5. Dependable—Teams go to go-to players
The essence of dependability:
1. Pure motives
2. Responsibility
3. Sound thinkingConsistent contribution
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