on importance of jelled-in teams
One of things I learned from Dr. Fakhar was that a brilliant individual cannot achieve the same level of success as a team of motivated & jelled-in individuals. Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar was one of the greatest personalities and visionaries of the sub-continent but he could not make an impact as big as other great leaders of his time, just because he had no team. He was a perfectionist and expected the same from others. All those who worked for him always fell short of his expectations and towards the last years of his life he could not find people willing to work for him.
One of the basic mistakes Team Leaders make is to compare the time & quality of their junior’s work with the same level (of time & quality) had they done the same work. They fail to understand the basic fact that their junior is their junior just because he does not have the same level of expertize & experience as they do, otherwise he would have been at their position.
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One of things I learned:
Teams jell-in only when they set the right expectations from each others.
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5 Responses to “on importance of jelled-in teams”
July 21st, 2010 saat: 10:35 am
Dear Burhan
A very interesting blog indeed. I usually refrain from commenting on blogs; But this one forced me to second you on most of the things that you’ve mentioned in your blog.
Team Building is unfortunately a clichéd term used very casually both by both the interviewer and the applicant. Interestingly enough, in my experience of hiring over 120 IT grads / pros for various positions in numerous companies over the past 5 years, almost 85% of individuals claim they’re “Team Players”.
The dialemma unfortunately is that personnel who groom into “managers” at various positions in our industry reply more on “competency” rather than “developing the right mix”. I, as a consultant, always advise the management of an organization, whether it be an SME or a software house, to rely more on “a balance of competency, aptitude, approach, and tempramenet”. Having all super stars in a team, does not make that team a winner; Real Madrid is one good example!
I strongly recommend my colleagues to differenciate between “skill” and “attitude”. Because, let me assure you, we can train ANYONE for the skill, but we cannot possibly train him for the Attitude!
Thought I’d add my comments to your blog! Thank you.
July 21st, 2010 saat: 11:14 pm
thank you for your comments. BTW, I am also not in favor of having teams with all superstars
July 22nd, 2010 saat: 6:51 am
Good One BB! I fully agree with you and NAQ.
October 11th, 2010 saat: 4:59 pm
very true..
November 3rd, 2010 saat: 10:35 pm
Dear B.B:
i read your blog and u done a good work. and I really agree.
Good work.
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