Teamwork 101 Reaction

Loyalty. First thing that stood out to me was Loyalty. I am a very loyal person and I continually get upset with the Free Agency because it seems like players don't show loyalty to their teams. I'm the type of guy that would take a hometown discount to stay at a place if it meant bettering the team. A great example of loyalty was the Detroit Red Wings team in the 1990's. Sergei Federov and Steve Yzerman BOTH took paycuts to allow the Red Wings to bring in new players and eventually compete for more cups. That is loyalty!

One quote I liked was Loyalty fosters unity, and unity breeds team success.

I think I've talked about this person before, but our resident story topper in Emedia needs to take a lesson or two from this book, and the section about becoming more selfless and promoting someone other than yourself, she should take a look at. The world doesn't revolve around any one person, and really thats what friends are for! I consider everyone in a director position friends. We will be competing for spots, and if one of them get selected for a position that I wanted, I'm not going to be mad. They are all my friends, and I know all of them will do a good job. I think Duane and Steve could do just as good a job as Dylan and I did this year in the Sports Department. I'm not worried about Bearcast Leadership. I think we have a good group that will help make the station better, interviewing tonight.

The part about building a team, I really think the most challenging, but important step, is empowering team members with responsibility and authority. This certainly cultivates leaders, but you have to be right, otherwise empowering a power hungry person to lead can lead to disaster. This goes along with identifying weak links in leadership.

I liked this book. It really goes in depth to what being a good leader is, and means. I'll certainly take lessons from this book, and carry them with me throughout my life. John C. Maxwell is a pretty smart guy!