“A team that cares is made up of people who do their job to be the best they can be for themselves and their team. They pursue excellence and are always looking for ways they can learn, improve, and grow. They are humble and hungry and willing to be uncomfortable. They don’t settle. Instead they always challenge the status quo and chase greatness.
…if you want to be the elite of the elite, you have to be a transformational positive team member – someone who makes others better in the process. To be a great team, you not only want to do your job well, but also help your team members do their jobs better.” – Jon Gordon in The Power of a Positive Team
If you want to be on an elite team, you have to focus on what you control. It starts with your actions. If you have a positive attitude, praise your team members (in public), share constructive criticism with others (in private), and if you’re always prepared and following through with your own work, others will see this. If you truly have the right people on the bus and they are in the right seat (put in a position to do their best work doing something that they enjoy), then they will be motivated to make it work.
Look within first. Do everything that you can to help the team out. Build a culture of high performers who happily put the team’s needs ahead of their own.