High Performance Team Research Paper
How a Group Can Become a High Performance Team
Management 331
Ms. Deborah W. Adams
April 21, 2004 Abstract
Differences surround us. We are all different; otherwise we would all be me. How can we overcome those differences? Is it important? Does it matter? How can a group of people who don't like each other become a high-performance team? Easy. By believing in the greater good of the team. Setting aside differences does has its advantages and leads to untold riches (so to speak). In 1991 a short, rotund maverick of a businessman had a dream. For years he had been acquiring talented young men to work for him. The previous years had been heartbreaking the second best in the industry and no way to climb up over the hump …show more content…
Every leader needs to have a mentor to take them from a great player to a superstar. Every high-performance team needs a leader, too. Those leaders need to learn how to become great leaders. Every successful team needs to have role-players to follow the leader's guidance and direction, do their part for the team, and step up when needed to. Role-players are on the team because they are specialists or all-around performers.
In the business world teams are just as important as in the sports world. As we know, the Chicago Bulls were led by Coach Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and eventually Dennis Rodman to legendary status. The Bulls won three-consecutive NBA Championships only the second team in NBA history to accomplish this and they did it twice.
Six championships is in eight years has only been accomplished by one other team, the Boston Celtics of the 1950's and 60's. Boston's success was credited to their high-performance team brought together by their coach, Red Auerbach. Again, a group of people guided to teamwork by a …show more content…
Developing a high-performance team requires diversity. It is essential to taking the team to the next level. Why? Different backgrounds add to the team. How? Beliefs and upbringings vary among groups. An effective leader will capitalize on those differences and use them to motivate the rest of the team.
The differences in team members allows for different ideas and mentalities. The only way differences can detract from a successful team is when bigotry and racism come into play. The leaders, and the rest of the team, must stop it before it becomes an issue. Open minds and realistic goals are the only way to a successful challenge at the championship. The 1991-1998 Chicago Bulls had different races on the team with different cultural beliefs and managed to chisel their place into basketball history.
Detractions occur with uneducated or uncivilized individuals allow their unethical upbringings to get in the way of business. Teams are just that a team a group of individuals who are striving for a common goal together. Overcoming differences is the key to successful operations in today's world. We can and will make a difference just like "PJ" and
Management 331
Ms. Deborah W. Adams
April 21, 2004 Abstract
Differences surround us. We are all different; otherwise we would all be me. How can we overcome those differences? Is it important? Does it matter? How can a group of people who don't like each other become a high-performance team? Easy. By believing in the greater good of the team. Setting aside differences does has its advantages and leads to untold riches (so to speak). In 1991 a short, rotund maverick of a businessman had a dream. For years he had been acquiring talented young men to work for him. The previous years had been heartbreaking the second best in the industry and no way to climb up over the hump …show more content…
Every leader needs to have a mentor to take them from a great player to a superstar. Every high-performance team needs a leader, too. Those leaders need to learn how to become great leaders. Every successful team needs to have role-players to follow the leader's guidance and direction, do their part for the team, and step up when needed to. Role-players are on the team because they are specialists or all-around performers.
In the business world teams are just as important as in the sports world. As we know, the Chicago Bulls were led by Coach Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, and eventually Dennis Rodman to legendary status. The Bulls won three-consecutive NBA Championships only the second team in NBA history to accomplish this and they did it twice.
Six championships is in eight years has only been accomplished by one other team, the Boston Celtics of the 1950's and 60's. Boston's success was credited to their high-performance team brought together by their coach, Red Auerbach. Again, a group of people guided to teamwork by a …show more content…
Developing a high-performance team requires diversity. It is essential to taking the team to the next level. Why? Different backgrounds add to the team. How? Beliefs and upbringings vary among groups. An effective leader will capitalize on those differences and use them to motivate the rest of the team.
The differences in team members allows for different ideas and mentalities. The only way differences can detract from a successful team is when bigotry and racism come into play. The leaders, and the rest of the team, must stop it before it becomes an issue. Open minds and realistic goals are the only way to a successful challenge at the championship. The 1991-1998 Chicago Bulls had different races on the team with different cultural beliefs and managed to chisel their place into basketball history.
Detractions occur with uneducated or uncivilized individuals allow their unethical upbringings to get in the way of business. Teams are just that a team a group of individuals who are striving for a common goal together. Overcoming differences is the key to successful operations in today's world. We can and will make a difference just like "PJ" and