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The Strength of the Wolf = Teamwork

WolfTHE WOLF

“Now is the Law of the Jungle—as old and true as the sky;

And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.

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As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back—

For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.''


                                        -  Rudyard Kipling

 

Remember that it is all about teamwork.

"Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part." – Casey Stengel

"The strength of the team is each individual member…the strength of each member is the team."- Coach Phil Jackson Chicago Bulls

"Men have never been individually self-sufficient." – Reinhold Niebuhr

" All winning teams are goal-oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims. " – Lou Holtz

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2 responses to “The Strength of the Wolf = Teamwork”

  1. Michael L. Gooch Avatar
    Michael L. Gooch

    “Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.”Galatians 6:2 – 3
    Whenever I need help remembering what teamwork is all about, I reflect back on the cattle drives of the old west. The cowboys had a single well-defined goal. The objective was to deliver live cattle to a specified place at a specified time. There were no tangents, no individual interests, and no manager coming in at the last hour changing the objective. They had a simple common goal. Everyone knew the goal and could recite it by heart. Each morning, the cowboys reminded themselves of the common goal and did everything in their power to ensure that the team achieved that day’s target. How well defined are our team’s goals? Can everyone recite the goal? Does everyone know his or her part? Is the team’s goal simple or so complex it takes a three-ring binder? In addition, a common problem is not acknowledging goal achievement. Once you obtain your goal, you should disband the team. This doesn’t always happen. This would be like reaching your destination in Dodge City and then to keep driving the cattle into Alberta. Sounds silly, doesn’t it, but that is what we often do. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR Author of Wingtips with Spurs: Cowboy Wisdom for Today’s Business Leaders http://www.michaellgooch.com

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  2. dave wainscott Avatar
    dave wainscott

    Tom
    Good stuff
    Would love to hear your take on shared leadership through a fivefold team (Eph 4), maybe incorporating some of Hirsch’s article in Leadership:
    http://davewainscott.blogspot.com/2008/05/calling-all-apes.html

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