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.
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