So, you understand what an Ideal Team Player is, you’ve identified where you sit in the diagram, and you've learnt about increasing Humility and Hunger. If you've been hanging out waiting for this post on Smart, go you for sticking with me each week. Becoming “smarter” about people isn’t quite as sensitive as humility and may not be has hard as hunger, but it is still a challenge. The good thing here is that if you are lacking in this area, I know you want to improve. I like to think I’m pretty tapped in to my "smart" which is how I know that you don't want the chit chat, you just
Make Me Hungry!
So, you understand what an Ideal Team Player is, you’ve identified where you sit in the diagram and you've learnt about how to improve Humble. No small talk, let's dive straight in. I’ve got good news and bad news for you. The good news is that Hunger is the least sensitive and nuanced of the three virtues (woo!). The bad news is that it’s the hardest to change. But! You’re here, so that’s already a win. Increasing Hunger isn’t just about increasing output, it’s about actually transforming yourself so that you can embody the idea of going above and beyond, without needing
Let’s get ready to Humble!
This is the third article in a six part series on The Ideal Team Player. Read the first, and second. Developing Humility I started this post with: “Here’s the one you’ve been waiting for”, but as I started writing I realised that this is bigger than one post. So I have decided to split up how to improve in each virtue into a separate emails so that I can do each one justice. If you’re looking to improve in Humble, “here’s the one you’ve been waiting for”. If not, I still encourage you to read on because even Ideal Team Players have room for improvement. So, you understand
The Ideal Team Player – let’s break these down a bit
I recently posted about the Ideal Team Player, a model by Partick Lencioni that measures three virtues of what he says it takes to be an ideal team player; Humble, Hungry, Smart. No one is perfect. We all have bad days or bad times in our life when we don’t show up at our best, but through self-development and making the active choice to be the best we can be, we can edge closer and closer to showing up more often than not as an Ideal Team Player. For those of you following my posts on The Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, this model speaks directly to that one. When we can show up
Are you an Ideal Team Player?
What do you think? Would you say that you're an ideal team player? One of the easiest and most important ways to succeed in business, and even life in general, is to be a team player. Unfortunately, they can sometimes be few and far between. As leaders, we're always on the lookout for team players but we can’t often define what it is that we're actually looking for. Patrick Lencioni identified three essential qualities, or as he calls them, virtues, that make up an Ideal Team Player - Humility, Hunger and People Skills, or, Humble, Hungry, Smart. Many people possess one or two of
