Chapter 11. Accept Their Limitations
“Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster.” | ||
| --Weston H. Agor, Intuitive Management | ||
As we saw earlier, effectively fusing a team together means you need several different parts—or team members. Now some of us are good at certain things and others not so. If we were all the same we wouldn’t be able to work as a team—we would all be leaders or all followers, and you need a combination, not either/or.
So if some members of your team aren’t leaders—or followers—you have to accept that. If some are good with numbers and others not, you have to accept that. If some are good at working unsupervised and others not, you have to accept that.
“IF WE WERE ALL THE SAME WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO WORK AS A TEAM—WE ... |
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