COMENıUS MULTıLATERAL PARTNERSHıP TRAINING FOR LIFE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE NOVEMBER 2013 – MAY 2015

17 INDISPUTABLE LAWS OF TEAMWORK OF 4 LAWS Mount Everest Dividend and Trust Niche Law Catalyst Law

All Players Have a Place Where They Add the Most Value The law of

To be able to put people in the places that utilize their talents and maximize the team’s potential, you need three things: 1. You must know the team. 1. You must know the team. In terms of vision, purpose, culture, and history In terms of vision, purpose, culture, and history 2. You must know the situation 2. You must know the situation Whether the team is at a stage where it needs fine- tuning or building from the ground up Whether the team is at a stage where it needs fine- tuning or building from the ground up 3. You must know the players 3. You must know the players Evaluate each person’s skills, discipline, strengths, emotions, and potential. Evaluate each person’s skills, discipline, strengths, emotions, and potential.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OR MORE MEMBERS ARE IN THE WRONG POSITION? 1. Morale erodes. 2. Progress comes to a halt. 3. The competition takes advantage. 4. The team fails to realize its potential. Having the right people in the right places is essential to team building. A team’s dynamic changes according to the placement of people:

The Wrong Person in the Wrong Place = Regression The Wrong Person in the Right Place = Frustration The Right Person in the Wrong Place = Confusion The Right Person in the Right Place = Progression The Right People in the Right Places = Multiplication

To find your niche  Be secure  Get to know yourself  Trust your leader

To find your niche  See the big picture  Rely on your expenrence

THE LAW OF MOUNT EVEREST As the Challenge Escalates, the Need for Teamwork Elevates To accomplish your own Everest, ask yourself: 1- What is my dream ? 2-Who is on my team ? What should my dream team look like ?

Focus on the team and the dream should take care of itself. The type of challenge determines the type of team you require: A new challenge requires a creative team. An ever-changing challenge requires a fast, flexible team. An Everest-sized challenge requires an experienced team. See who needs direction, support, coaching, or more responsibility. Add members, change leaders to suit the challenge of the moment, and remove ineffective members

Type of Challenge Type of Team Required New Challenge Creative Team Controversial Challenge United Team Changing Challenge Fast and Flexible Team Unpleasant Challenge Motivated Team Diversified Challenge Complementary Team Long-Term Challenge Determined Team Everest-Sized Challenge Experienced Team But remember to focus on the team, and not the dream. When you focus on the team, the dream takes care of itself. Give up your dream, or grow up your team!

Edmund Hillary “You do not climb a mountain like Everest by trying to race ahead on your own, or by competing with your comrades. You do it slowly and carefully, by unselfish teamwork.”

How to Grow a Team: 1. Develop Team Members. 2. Add Key Team Members 4. Remove Ineffective Members 3. Change the Leadership

These are the catalysts, or the get-it-done-and-then-some people who are naturally intuitive, communicative, passionate, talented, creative people who take the initiative, are responsible, generous, and influential.

Basically there are 3 kind of players on a team: 1- People who don’t want the ball 2- People who want the ball but shouldn’t 3-People who want the ball and should

Characteristics of a Catalyst: Catalyst 1. Intuitive 2. Communicative 3. Passionate 4. Talented 5. Creative 6. Initiating 7. Responsible 8. Generous 9. Influential

How To Become A Better Team Member 1.Find a mentor 2.Begin a growth plan 3.Get out of your comfort zone

"WHERE THERE'S A WİLL, THERE'S A WAY; WHERE THERE'S A TEAM, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY " REX MURPHY

Make the decision to build a team, and decide who among the team are worth developing. Gather the best team possible, pay the price to develop the team, do things together, delegate responsibility and authority, and give credit for success. Make the decision to build a team, and decide who among the team are worth developing. Gather the best team possible, pay the price to develop the team, do things together, delegate responsibility and authority, and give credit for success. The law of

1.Making the Decision to Build a Team: Starts the Investment in the Team 2. Gathering the Best Team Possible: Elevates the Potential of the Team 3. Paying the Price to Develop the Team: Ensures the Growth of the Team 4. Doing Things Together as a Team: Provides Community for the Team 5. Empowering Team Members with Responsibility and Authority: Raises Up Leaders for the Team

6. Giving Credit for Success to the Team: Lifts the Morale of the Team 7. Watching to See That the Investment in the Team Is Paying Off: Brings Accountability to the Team 8. Stopping Your Investment in Players Who Do Not Grow: Eliminates Greater Losses for the Team 9. Creating New Opportunities for the Team: Allows the Team to Stretch 10. Giving the Team the Best Possible Chance to Succeed: Guarantees the Team a High Return

Bibliography: THE 17 INDISPUTABLE LAWS OF TEAMWORK WORKBOOK Embrace Them and Empower Your Team JOHN C. MAXWELL teamwork ?related=2 The 17 Laws of Leadership Workbook teamwork-john-maxwell?related=1 teamwork-john-maxwell?related=1 Maxwell's lectures from the 17 laws of leadership: QNEvpaU4giqTjObN1AI6gy6hLomWY&index=5https:// QNEvpaU4giqTjObN1AI6gy6hLomWY&index=5