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Building your
team
CHAPTER TWELVE
Based on what you learned from the earlier exercise on teams, how is your
current team performing? Would you describe it as a good team? What
tells you that it is? If things are working well, try to figure out why, so that
you can use that to your advantage in future. If it isn’t, make sure you don’t
make the same mistakes.
All great leaders think teams, not groups. In fact they don’t just think
about them, they energetically build and sustain them. The quality of your
team will play a big part in your success, so make sure you get it right. The
practical measures that you can take to build your team are our concern ...