Teamwork

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anagement, who actually directs the meetings, has a whole team outside of this team, which is just to support us as Sales Managers. Sometimes they give us an inspirational book to read and then we get come together and discuss it. Other times, they actually need our advice on some issues in the agency or just want to give us ideas on how to be more profitable.

I always leave these meetings, knowing I received so much from these fine people, and have walked away a better person. I do realize that it also takes my individual contribution to the team as well; I always try to exceed my normal limits when asked to complete a goal for this team. In our management team, moreover, there is a mutual accountability and togetherness amongst all the members, whether it is from the most experienced manager down to the brand new manager with little or no experience. There is never any rank pulling. We always seem to pull together and help each other work through issues of the utmost importance in assuring that our organization runs smoothly, productively and effectively. It is wonderful to have such a variety of experience in the room, because you know that they have been through exactly what you may be going through.

As an individual, we realize that we might not be able to complete everything needed to be done, but, as we come together as a team, we are a well organized, close knit, problem solving machine. We have one basic premise among us which is that our individual contributions are always our best nothing less. This is what makes us working together a team a benefit.

Teams can take a while to form as you get to know each other and find out how each other works. So when we were first established, we came together to and had to get to know one another, even though some members have worked together for many years, there was an adjustment phase that we went through. We realized that working as a team could be very frustrating a...