The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do

“First, there’s the question of fit. Does the team member fit?” Sally asked, “Do you mean fit in?” “Yes, fitting in matters a lot, but there’s more. Can they learn and grow? Are they coachable? What’s their attitude—their outlook on

Training is the mother of consistency. Without extreme levels of training, you can’t predict the outcome with any level of certainty.

“There’s a misconception about the military in general. It revolves around command and control. While there is always a place for this type of decision making—and perhaps more often in the military—it is not the path to high performance over the long haul.

We treat each other like family.”

“The point is, your team will never perform at the highest possible level if the members of the team don’t exhibit genuine care and concern for one another. The best leaders create an environment where this is the norm. And once it is achieved, they work diligently to maintain that culture.

people?”

The second thing that matters to us is practice,” Sam said. “Practice is how we build skills, speed, and consistency.”

life? It’s more about who they are as people. Are they our kind of

“I was sharing my problem with my coach, and he asked me a very simple question: ‘Does your leadership team know HOW to manage and lower food costs?’ In that moment, I knew they did not. If they were going to learn it, I would have to teach them.”