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Qualities of a team Player. Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants. Adaptability If You Won’t Change for the Team, t he Team May Change You . Characteristics Teachable Emotionally Secure Creative Service Minded To Become More Adaptable… Get into the habit of learning
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Qualities of a team Player Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
AdaptabilityIf You Won’t Change for the Team, the Team May Change You • Characteristics • Teachable • Emotionally Secure • Creative • Service Minded • To Become More Adaptable… • Get into the habit of learning • Re-evalutate your role
CommittedThere are No Halfhearted Champions • What’s Your Commitment Level in Primerica • Commitment usually is discovered in the midst of adversity • Commitment does not depend on your talent or ability • Commitment comes as a result of choice, not condition • Commitment lasts when it’s based on values • To Improve Your Level of Commitment… • Tie your commitment to your goals • Get on a non-negotiable schedule
CompetentIf You Can’t, Your Team Won’t • Highly competent people have some things in common • They are committed to excellence • They never settle for average • They pay attention to detail • They perform with consistency • To Become More Competent… • Focus on being more professional • Sweat the small stuff • Learn then implement
DependableTeams Go to Go-To Players • Are You Dependable? • Pure Motives • Responsible • Consistent Contribution • To Improve Your Dependability… • Check your motives • Discover what your word is worth • Find someone to hold you accountable
DisciplinedWhere There’s a Will, There’s a Win • Discipline is doing what you really don’t want to do so that you can do what you really want to do • Disciplined Thinking • Disciplined Emotions • Disciplined Actions • To become a more disciplined team player • Strengthen your work habits • Take on a challenge • Tame your tongue
Enthusiasticyour heart is the source of energy for the team • People are positive and enthusiastic because they choose to be that way • Take responsibility for your own enthusiasm • Act your way into feeling • Believe in what you do • Spend time with other positive people • To improve your enthusiasm • Show a sense of urgency • Be willing to do more • Strive for excellence
IntentionalMake Every Action Count • Work with purpose and make every action count • Have a purpose worth living for • Know your strengths and weaknesses • Prioritize your Responsibilities • Learn to say no • Commit yourself to long-term achievement • To improve your intentionality • Explore your strengths and weaknesses • Focus on your strengths • Play your day, week, month with purpose
PreparedPreparation Can Mean the Difference Between Winning and Losing • Prepare yourself so that you can face and overcome challenges ahead, then help your team do so • Assessment • Alignmnent • Attitude • Action • To improve your preparedness… • Become a process thinker • Do more research • Learn from your mistakes
Self-ImprovingTo Improve the Team, Improve Yourself • Perfection is what your striving for but realize that perfection is an impossibility • Think about how you can improve today • Continual growth • Understand it takes time to be an improved person • Apply what you’ve learned • To become better... • Be coachable or become coachable • Plan your progress • Value self-improvement before self-promotion
SelflessThere’s No “I” in Team • No team succeeds unless its players put others on the team ahead of themselves • Be generous • Avoid internal politics • Display loyalty • Value interdependence over independence • To improve your contribution to the team… • Promote someone other than yourself • Be a servant team player, servant leader • Give secretly
Tenacious Never, Never, Never Quit • People that lack talent can still contribute to the team and help it succeed if they possess a tenacious spirit • Giving all that you have, not more than you have • Work with determination, not waiting for destiny to step in • Quitting once the job is done, not when you’re tired • To become more tenacious… • Work harder and smarter • Stand for something • Make your work a game
Solution-orientedmake a resolution to find the solution • Anyone can become solution-oriented if they want to be • Problems are a matter of perspective • All problems are solvable • Problems either stop us or stretch us • To make yourself a more solution-oriented team player… • Refuse to give up • Refocus your thinking • Rethink your strategy • Repeat the process