
108 brilliant leader
Team spirit
One of the overriding factors that helps a team to work syner-
gistically is team spirit. This is the extent to which people are
motivated by their team environment. How much do they trust
their colleagues? How strong is their collective identity? To what
extent are they prepared to contribute to the team and support
their colleagues?
Every high-performing team I have ever been a part of has had
this in abundance. If there were a magic ingredient for devel-
oping great team spirit I’m sure I could bottle it and become
super rich on the proceeds. Leading a team according to the
principles suggested in this book will ...