Teamwork is essential for competing in today's global arena, where individual perfection is not as desirable as a high level of collective performance. In knowledge based enterprises, teams are the norm rather than the exception. A critical feature of these teams is that they have a significant degree of empowerment, or decision-making authority. There are many different kinds of teams: top management teams, concurrent engineering teams, product development teams, quality improvement teams, and so on.

Build a Star Team, not a Team of Stars. Your team will not reach its potential if players are unwilling to subordinate their personal goals to the good of the team.