Teamwork is derived from being a T, not an "I" in the team. It's about supporting each other, cooperation, harmony and synchronized efforts. Dream Team, consisting of the best players and elites, don't make a great team; instead, they are just of bunches of people. It's not possible for a group of stars to join and create a team. Essentially, "If there is a zero-sum game called succession going on, it's very difficult to have an effective team."
To create team, one must have the right culture and right players. In addition, trust is the most fundamental element of a winning team. If the teammates are lying, trying to knife each other or beat them, nothing valuable will get done. Instead of synergy, you have "dysergy" and two plus two becomes three, with luck. So instead of having the right formula for success, from the right beginning, the dream team is in trouble and the team may work briefly, but they will try to beat each other or promote or kick out a teammate. And to eliminate this tension, trust must be built and the process of gaining trust is extremely slow business. This process takes years or months to establish, and if any case you lose this trust, you are more than likely to fall in the consequent projects or events.
In order to create a successful team, the concept of undermining another person in a team must be eliminated. You also must let the conflict fester. Bringing tension out in the open and then resolving it is one of the team leader's most important jobs. In addition, hiding the real issues won't help create success. To create a successful team, one must encourage informal discussion, among other things. You try to create "social architecture" and believe it as the important is of success in teamwork.
Dream Team & The Wolves
Dream team is usually a part of fantasy, not reality. You have to be prepared to have an imperfect set and devote your energy to getting them to synchronize. It's very time consuming and it taxes your patience. But that's life and everyone has weaknesses, which are complemented by other individuals' strengths.
When your teammate is down, you help him and also learn to be follower and a leader. But when a situation becomes chaotic, you step forward and make a decision. And to understand how team works, you can learn through watching wild animals or Animal Planet.
Animals have distinct instinct that plays a key role to their survival. For instance, in the wild, the best team players are the wolves. Teamwork is about being a wolf. The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. Unity, as a team and a pack, is an important key for success. This unity ultimately helped the wolves persist and endure their harsh, wild environment.
So the next time you are in a group, try to work, act and think like a wolf. It will benefit as long as your group is united for the same purpose.
