7 Essential Skills for Being a Team Player

If you want to make meaning and change the status quo, it’s not enough to just be on the team. You must also be a team player.

Remember your 6th grade basketball team? Whether you were a starter or second string, A-team or B-team, your position on the team was extremely important.

No matter what your role is in the organization, it is essential to have these skills in order to be successful.

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1. 7 Essential Skills
   for Being a
   Team Player
   Kristopher Priemer
   

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2. The best team players:
   

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3. 1. Help teammates win
   Have the back of your teammates. When one person wins, you all win. If
   someone is struggling to meet a deadline or stuck on a problem they just
   cannot solve, jump in and help. Sometimes just an outside perspective can
   get to the solution quicker.
   

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4. 2. Ingrain trust
   You know those plays where the point guard doesn’t even look at the
   person they are passing to? That’s what you want to do. You want your
   team mates to trust you will be there when it counts.
   

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5. 3. Inspire each other
   Inspire your teammates to push harder and further. Go out of their
   comfort zone. Do things they didn’t think they were capable of doing.
   

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6. 4. Bring positivity
   The Power of Positive Thinking. When someone gets a miss, stumbles, falls
   – help them get back up and shake it off.
   

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7. 5. Work with intensity
   Nothing is more demoralizing than busting your butt while others walk
   across the finish line. Work with the same intensity you expect from
   others.
   

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8. 6. Are coachable
   Everyone can continue to learn new things. Allow other leaders to give
   feedback and be appreciative of their assistance. But don’t listen just for
   listening’s sake – put it into action!
   

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9. 7. Pass the ball
   No one likes it when one person takes all the credit for the work of a team
   (a ball hog). And if you try to do everything yourself, your chances of
   success dwindle. You need people to help you who have complimentary
   skills, but they will be more likely to help if give them a chance.
   

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10. @priemerk
    Entrepreneur | Live Event Marketing Enthusiast | Data and Efficiency Evangelist
    https://kristopherpriemer.com
    

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