Play well with others...

·      People think teams are about picking the right people. 

·      Or having a great playbook and lots of practice.

·      But often they’re just a random group thrown together. 

·      Making it so important to get them to play well together.

 

I know hiring managers who spend hours going through resumes, looking for the right levels of experience, skills, and capabilities. They often look at where the candidates have worked, for how long, and whether they had a good upward progression of jobs. Those same hiring managers are always looking for more candidates, hoping the next ones will be more of what they’re looking for. Stop right there! The best employees are not the ones that bring the most with them, but rather the ones with the best attitudes, who can be trained and molded into the ones you want. The attitude you should be looking for is optimism – people with that are open, curious, flexible, anxious to play well with others, and see the glass as half full. Because a team is more than a collection of people; it’s a process of give and take; they’re looking to learn, to share, and to be there when needed. If you want the best team, hire for attitude and train for the skills needed to play well with others today.

 

Barbara Glacel (born 1948): American author, writer, executive coach, and organizational consultant.