Building Teams

Here are a few things learned from John C. Maxwell's Seminar, "Building Teams":

• One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

• A great idea is born from many small ideas. (Share and brainstorm your ideas with the team)
  

• Teamwork makes the dream work.

• The goal is more important than the role.

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  The Law of the Niche: "All players have a place where they have the most value."

• Quit working on your weakness.

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  The Law of Mt. Everest: "As the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates."

• Questions to answer:
• What is my dream?
• Who is on my team?
• What should my dream team look like?

• How to develop a dream team?
• Know what a leader looks like.
• Leaders are hard to find.
• Leaders are hard to gather.
• Leaders are hard to keep.

• Show potential leaders how to lead. You can teach what you know but you reproduce what you are.
  

• Grow leaders through training.

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  The Law of the Chain: "The strength of the team is impacted by its weakest link."

• Not everyone will take the journey with you.

• A "weak link" is someone:
• unable to keep pace
• unable to grow
• unable to see the big picture
• unable to fulfill expectations
• unable to work on weaknesses

• Until the "weak link" situation is corrected, the stronger member will identify the weak one. The strong will have to help the weak and in the process, they will become less effective and they will resent the weak one.

• Lesson: Let go of the weak.

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  The Law of the Edge: "The difference between two talented teams is leadership."

• Everything rises and falls on leadership.

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  The Law of High Morale: "When you're winning, nothing hurts."

• High Morale is:
• the great exaggerator
• the great elevator
• the great eliminator
• the great emancipator

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  The Law of Dividends: "investing in your team compounds over time."

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  The Law of the Inner Circle: "Those who are closest to you determine your success."

• Lesson: "I will invest more time in developing my inner circle."

• Make a decision to build the team:
• Gather the best team possible.
• Pay the price to develop the team.
• Do things together as a team.
• Empower members.
• Give credit for the success of the team.
• Make sure investment is paying off.
• Create opportunities for the team.
• Give the team the best possible chance to succeed.

For excerpts from John Maxwell's "Building Leaders" Seminar, click here.