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In This Issue.......
1. Charting Your Course to Success
2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
3. The Last Word...
4. Experience the Most Powerful SUCCESS Event for Achievers!
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1. Charting Your Course to Success
Secrets of Successful Teams by Chris Widener
To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time, we achieve our successes as part of a team.
We are all part of teams. Our family is a team. Our place of work is a team. The community groups we belong to are teams. Sometimes we are the team leader or “coach,” while other times we fulfill the role of follower or “player.” It is so important, then, for us to understand teams and how they work, especially those who achieve success—the achievement of their desired goal.
In my life, I have been on some successful teams, and some not-so-successful teams. This includes both athletically as well as professionally. When I was growing up, I worked for seven years with the Seattle Supersonics, our local National Basketball Association team, which now plays in Oklahoma City as the Thunder. They were at times unsuccessful and, in 1979, my second year working there, the most successful team in the league, winning the World Championship. I have been able to see firsthand what makes the difference between the unsuccessful teams and the successful ones.
Here are some principles I know that, when implemented on a regular basis, can turn any lackluster team into an outstanding one! These principles can be applied to your family, your business, your organization and, yes, your sports team.
Communication/Leader
The leader needs to communicate the vision. If they are setting the pace, they need to let people know where they are going so that the team can follow. The coach always does a pre-game talk, laying out the vision.
The leader communicates the vision frequently, so as to always be updating the team as to where they are at and what changes need to be made. The coach doesn’t relegate the direction he gives to the pre-game; he coaches and communicates all the way through the game.
Team
Watch a good basketball team. They are talking to each other all of the time. Helping one another out, encouraging one another, praising one another, and telling each other how they can make changes so the same mistakes aren’t made again. The same is true of successful teams in the professional world, and in life in general.
Excellence
The truly great teams are teams that are committed to excellence. In everything they do, their goal is to achieve at the highest level. And this commitment is held throughout the team and at every level. A successful team cannot have members who are not committed to excellence, because in the end, they will become the weak link.
Followership
If you want a fascinating read, pick up The Power of Followership by Robert Kelley. The author basically makes the point that the secret to getting things done lies not only in great leadership, but in how well everyone else, 99 percent of the team, follows the leadership. Good teams are filled with people who are committed to following and getting the job done.
Understanding Roles
Pardon the Chicago Bulls analogy, but it is so clear. In the team’s championship years, when the game was on the line, with only one shot left, everyone—the coaches, the players, the 20,000 people watching in the stadium and millions watching on TV—knew who would shoot the last shot. That was Michael Jordan’s role.
Every team works best when the members of the team have clearly defined and understood roles. Some do one thing, others do another. One isn’t better or more important than the other, just different. When teams operate out of their strengths and their roles, they win.
Strengths and Weaknesses
This brings me to strengths and weaknesses. Every team member has strengths and weaknesses. The successful teams are those who on a regular and consistent basis enable the members to operate out of their strengths and not out of their weaknesses. And one person’s strength will cover another’s weakness. This is teamwork, enabling all of the bases to be covered.
Fun
The team that plays together stays together. Is your team all work and no play? If you’re smart, that will change. Get your team out of the office once a month and go have some fun. Enjoy one another. Enjoy life. It will bring a sense of bonding that can’t be made even in “winning.”
Common Goals and Vision
I have found that these need to have three aspects: short, simple and clear. Can you say it in less than 30 seconds? Is it simple? Can you and others understand it? Does the team all know what they are working together for?
Appreciation
All through the “game,” successful teams appreciate one another and show it in a variety of ways. The coach shows it to the players, the players show it to the coach, and the players show it to one another.
Here is a “Successful Teams” checklist you can use for evaluation:
- Is there communication between coach and players and from player to player?
- Is your team committed to excellence?
- Do those on the team know what it means to follow?
- Does everyone on my team know their specific role?
- Do the individuals on our team regularly operate out of their strengths as opposed to their weaknesses?
- Does our team take a break from time to time to just have fun together?
- Do we understand our common goals and vision? Can we all state it (them)?
- Is there a sense of and communication of genuine appreciation among my team?
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2. Made for Success Quote and Commentary
“When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it.”
—Zig Ziglar
Chris’s Commentary:
Do you have a dream that you just can’t believe could become a reality? Then perhaps you need to get a plan to achieve that dream! If you don’t believe it, it is probably because you don’t know how or can’t conceive of how it will happen. This is why it is imperative to put together a well-thought-out plan. When you plan it out, you cover all the bases and deal with all of the possibilities. When you have done this, the dream is all the more a possibility in your mind! And if you believe it, truly believe it deep down in your heart, you will achieve it!
Action Point:
What dream you have a hard time believing you will achieve? Take some time over the next week to plan it out. This will put some power in your believer!
3. The Last Word...
Today’s Last Word is courtesy of John C. Maxwell, leadership expert and best-selling author of Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It. Find a stirring presentation by John on the newly released Best of SUCCESS Symposium set! —C.W.
“If you are unsure of what your dream might be—either because you are afraid to dream or because you have somehow lost your dream along the way—then start preparing yourself to receive your dream by exploring the following: Read and study in your areas of greatest interest. Engage in activities related to your interests. Put up pictures of people and things that inspire you. Get your body in optimal shape to pursue your dream. Seek God’s help for a bigger-than-self dream.” —John C. Maxwell
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