Whether you own a business or simply work within a team, you need to read The
Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni. This is a phenomenal book! Lencioni
is a great storyteller and talks about the 3 major
things people do to become successful in their job as well as how to become
better coworkers. Even if you do not own a company; or have any opportunity
for growth; or even plan to move on in the near future, you spend so much
of your waking hours working that you may as well get the most value and
enjoyment from it as possible to help make the lives of your coworkers and
customers better!
The 3 Pillars of Being a Great Teammate:
1.
Humility- How coach-able are you? Are you willing to take on feedback to
grow and train? How much time will you practice getting better at whatever it
is you do?
2.
Hunger- How much drive do you have? Are you accountable for everything
you do and create? By being accountable you can no longer be a victim. This
means you are in control of how much value you bring to a company. People who have the hunger and desire to succeed
are never the ones that get let go.
3. Smarts or EQ (emotional quotient)-
Research is showing this is far more important than IQ in how successful
someone can be in life and in their job. Where IQ measures "book smarts," EQ measures
our emotional ability to connect with our fellow human beings and our ability
to handle our own moods and reactions to events that trigger us.
**We will do some more blogs and posts
about EQ because it is so vitally important for all of us if we want to live a
happy and successful life!
If you have not read the
book, do yourself a favor. If you have,
please leave a comment below about what you loved the
most!
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