If The Team Fails, You're Gone

That does not mean individual accolades cannot come your way as a result of your great work

and achievements. That's fantastic, but if you win all those individual achievements and

the team fails, or the project fails, or the company misses its goals, you're gone.

I don't care how successful you are, you're not helping the team win. Please remember

that when we talk in terms of those five attributes of a team player in a dynamic environment,

you have to fit the profile of the team. When you're the leader,

every single day you need to look at your team and make sure that they're running optimally,

and when they're not, you need to make the hard call. And that's okay,