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7 Stories That Prove The Importance of Teamwork

Merily Leis Published: June 20, 2017 Updated: May 31, 2019

TEAMWORK SKILLS are important in every field of business. A good team enables you to be productive both as a group and as an individual. Today's teams are different from the teams of the past. They're more dispersed, digital, and diverse. But while collectives face new challenges, their success still depends on a core set of fundamentals that make a team a good team.

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revealed surprising brain activity in audiences who engaged with stories. "Not only did all of the listeners show similar brain activity during the story, but the speaker and the listeners also had very similar brain activity despite the fact that one person was producing language and the others were comprehending it," said Hasses.

Storytelling can be a driver of employee performance, making them feel, think, and respond like the characters in the story.

Here are seven inspirational stories emphasising the importance of teamwork ? in the workplace or personal life.

1. AFTER YEARS OF INTENSIVE ANALYSIS, GOOGLE DISCOVERS THE KEY TO GOOD TEAMWORK

In the last decade, Google has spent millions of dollars on measuring nearly every aspect of its employees' lives ? from which traits the best managers share to how often particular people eat together. The tech giant was determined to find out how to compile `the perfect team'.

The company's executives worked hard on finding the perfect mix of individuals necessary to form a stellar team. They believed that building good teams meant combining the best people. But it wasn't that simple.

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In 2012 Google ran a project known as Project Aristotle. It took several years and included interviews with hundreds of employees. They analysed data about the people on more than 100 active teams at the company.

" "We looked at 180 teams from all over the company. We had lots of data, but there was

nothing showing that a mix of specific

personality types or skills or backgrounds

made any difference. The `who' part of the

equation didn't seem to matter.'' ? Abeer

Dubey, a manager in Google's People

Analytics division

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Google's intense data collection led to the same conclusions that good managers have always known: In the best teams, members show sensitivity, and most importantly, listen to one another.

Matt Sakaguchi, a midlevel manager at Google, was keen to put Project Aristotle's findings into practice. He took his team off-site to open up about his cancer diagnosis. Although initially silent, his colleagues then began sharing their own personal stories.

At the heart of Sakaguchi's strategy, and Google's findings is the concept of "psychological safety" ? a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.

Google now describes psychological safety as the most important factor in building a successful team.

Google ended up highlighting what leaders in the business world have known for a while: the best teams are mindful that all members should contribute to the conversation equally, and respect one another's emotions. It has less to do with who is in a team, and more with how the members interact with one another.

2. FOUR SEASONS & A FRESH

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Steve Wynn, the founder of Wynn Resort & Casino, shared a story of his family's vacation in Paris. They were staying at Four Seasons and had ordered breakfast in bed. His daughter only ate a half of a croissant, leaving the other half for later. Wynn and his family left to explore Paris, and upon returning to the hotel room, the pastry was gone. His daughter was disappointed, assuming the housekeeping had got rid of it.

On the telephone, there was a message from the front desk. They said that housekeeping had removed the half croissant from the room, assuming that upon arrival, they would prefer a fresh pastry. So the front desk contacted the kitchen to set aside a croissant, and room service was informed that upon request, they would need to deliver the pastry.

The level of teamwork and communication between different departments in the hotel was simply magical. All participants understood the end result ? customer satisfaction. And everyone accepted their role in making the experience fantastic.

It shows that in order to achieve satisfaction on different levels within the organisation, employees should be empowered to be creative, intuitive, thorough, and generous.

Read on: The Unexpected Benefits Of Team Management Software

3. STEVE JOBS: "TECHNOLOGY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH."

In 1986, shortly after he was forced out of Apple, Steve Jobs bought a small computer manufacturer named (drumroll) Pixar.

In 2000, he relocated the company to an abandoned Del Monte canning

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