The heart of it all continued

Solutions to the teamwork challenges in Chapter 1 are tough to come by. We at Odyssey know a few things about taking the worst teams and making them the best. To keep it as simple as possible. First step, remind them why they have been put together. Remind them all the time! In as many ways as you can. Make the team objective personal to each of them and show them how the overall goal will benefit each of them. Do you think a professional football coach doesn't remind his team about a little goal called the Super Bowl. They do. Everyday, in as many ways as they can. They then remind them of the few key behaviors that will get them there. They practice those behaviors and never stray. They then prepare each player for the role they will play in the overall goal. Blocker, defense and quarterback. The key is putting the right people in the right positions. Match the skills and interests of each and celebrate all the roles as equal. The final step, the easy step is to learn a few plays. Each team can run the same plays as every other team in the league. The difference is the other stuff. What is missing from the success of your team is probably not in the play you are running but in the commitment, the heart, of each player on the field.