Teamwork makes the dream work!

Your team pays attention to the details so that you can captain the larger picture. Red Bulls F1 racer Max Verstappen can vouch for this in light of his recent victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix! No, it’s not an error because in his own words the end result of the race ‘Was like a victory!’ against unbelievable odds.

 

On the observational laps prior to the race, with wet conditions and cold tyres and brakes, Max crashed his car into a barrier wall on the lap. The Red Bull RB16 car appeared to be in no shape for a race having sustained extensive damage, but his team stepped up with just under 30 minutes to spare before the race was to be started.  The Mercedes team had told Hamilton ‘Verstappen is out!’ What was easily 90 minutes of work of repairs was completed in 25 minutes by the team for Max to join the race! "But the mechanics did an amazing job to fix the car at the start. I don't know how they did it but yeah, incredible”, said Max on coming second in the race.

 

Extraordinary things happen when you and the people around you share your same commitment to the cause. They say friends are the family you choose. Well, employees are the crew you choose to conquer the trenches and the rule of thumb is to hire based on ‘attitude’. What about the skills they bring to the table? Every apprentice or ‘newbie’ has to gain experience somewhere and provided that your recruits are fuelled by the hunger to succeed, mastering industry skills will be default in their nature. 

 

The ‘de rigueur’ is to have members who will get on board the train or get out of its path. However, their leap of faith also needs to be acknowledged and appraised to sustain the synergy. The willingness to cooperate and possess a ‘no surrender’ mindset when it comes to tasks are usually innate but can also be cultivated. As long as employees are eager to tackle challenges and learn, they can be honed to deliver dedicated results.

In today’s workplace environments especially, the resources to empower employees are limitless. Understand the work culture you have at your disposal and enrich it with skillsets and information that employees can use for personal enrichment and in course contribute to the holistic vision of the organisation.  Yes, Max Verstappen is the name that made that usually makes the headlines but, on this day it was the team on which the spotlight had shined brightest and everyone in the team that day recounts it as an anecdote to accentuate their professional prowess. These work cultures where employee variances are appraised, broadened, and enhanced exhibit a strong sense of conviction and follow-through that generate as Max said “incredible” results.

More often than not, we let ourselves be consumed by the rat race to succeed. Little do we realise that success becomes an occupational hazard for teams and business that are too busy to look for it. So fret not if your ideas have been scoffed at because as long as your team players want to have the last laugh, they will move mountains to envision the goal.