Advantages of having good team player

• Increase in the performance

• Increase in the productivity

• Win-win situation for the

teams and the organization

Disadvantages of having good team player

• Code of Honor - I will always rescue my teammates when they are in ‘trouble’

• Phobia - I'm afraid of getting separated from my teammates

The Challenge of Creating Team Player

• The national culture is highly individualistic.

• The teams are being introduced into an established organization that has historically valued individual achievement.

•  Some individuals prefer to be recognized for their individual achievements.

• In some organizations, too, work environments are such that only the "strong" survive.

• Creating teams in such an environment may meet some resistance.

• Individual issues among the workers

• Differences in race and religion

Shaping team players

“The right players in the right seats on the same bus headed in the same directions”

CEO A.G Lafley