The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player By: John Maxwell Chapter 4

The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player By: John Maxwell
Chapter 4
Communicative
A team is many voices with a single heart
“If you have not a good degree of eloquence in speaking and writing you will be nobody; but will have the daily mortification of seeing people with not one tenth part of your merit or knowledge get the start of you”
-Lord Chesterford

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people”
-William Butler Yeats

1. Do not isolate themselves from others
2. Make it easy for teammates to communicate with them
Most communication problems can be solved with proximity.

3. Follow the twenty-four hour rule
4. Give attention to potentially difficult relationships
5. Follow up important communication in writing
Open communication fosters trust.

To improve your communication…
o Be candid
o Be quick
o Be inclusive
People are up on things they’re in on.



The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player By: John Maxwell
Chapter 5
Competent
If you can't, your team won't
“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”
-Vince Lombardi

“People forget how fast you did a job-but they remember how well you did it.”
-Howard W. Newton
“Building the team is as important as producing the product.”
- Bob Taylor

“…inspiration is easy. Implementation is the hard part.”
- Bob Taylor




Highly committed people have some things in common:
1. They are committed to excellence

“Success bases our worth on a comparison with others. Excellence gauges our value by measuring us against our own potential. Success grants its rewards to the few but is the dream of the multitudes. Excellence is available to all living beings but is accepted by the …few.”
- Dale Carnegie