Posted on May 20, 2016
Want To Build An Effective Team? Check Your Ego At The Door
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We discussed a question yesterday concerning what a new SGT needed to do to be successful. This article answers some of those questions and agrees with some of our answers.
Want To Build An Effective Team? Check Your Ego At The Door
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There's a big difference between confidence and ego. Ego's are personal issues and a roadblock on the road to effectively building a team.
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I certainly agree with that 1SG (Join to see). I was in a long time ago, but the egos were there. It's hard to control someone with a big ego. I've never had one. I never felt that important and it's not me.
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When a person, leader or member, puts themselves before the team failure is imminent. Self, ego, cannot be any way involved when a teamwork is the goal. I have seen this first hand. When leaders are doing anything for self promotion or recognition then the team has become second in importance. The members of the team will recognize this and will go into self preservation mode. Ultimately resulting in mission failure. Leave your ego outside when team is involved.
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SFC Wade W., I saw a lot of officer egos in Nam. One especially was a Battalion Commander who wanted a medal so he went with a rescue squad, who went to an ambush site. A squad of 5/7 th Cav troopers were pinned down. It was a very hot LZ. He got his medal alright. He got a PH for popping the wrong smoke color and ARA unloaded on him, blowing off his right leg, below the knee. That's a pretty big ego if you ask me.
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Team work is the most effective way to get things done. No one is a super trooper.
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