Teams and Zombie Apocalypse Understanding Team - What is a Team? Let us first go through a simple real life situation. Mario T. was working as a key Accounts Leader (someone who manages different company clients in a sales or customer service role) with a leading advertising firm. He had four members reporting to him. Unfortunately he always underestimated his team members and fought with them constantly. He could never trust them and always thought they were incapable of doing good work. One fine day, he got some major assignment from one of his clients which was to be submitted within two working days. He decided to do it all alone as he thought nobody else could do it apart from him. Mario T. could never submit his assignment on the required day and received good criticism from his superiors. His organization also lost one of their major and prestigious clients. Why do you think Mario T. failed? Why could he not complete his assignment on time? Here comes the importance of a team. Had Mario T. taken the help of his team members, he would have finished his assignment on time and everyone would have appreciated him. An individual cannot perform all tasks on his own. He needs the support as well as guidance of others to be excellent in whatever he does. Complex goals can easily be accomplished if individuals work together as a team. What is a team? A team is a group of individuals, all working together for a common purpose. The individuals comprising a team ideally should have common goals, common objectives and more or less think on the same lines. Individuals who are not compatible with each other can never form a team. They should have similar if not the same interests, thought processes, attitude, perception and likings. Questions 1. Can you share 2 examples of where you've worked as a team? (towards a common goal or purpose) Share depth, details and some background of your scenario and it's experience. i) 2. Learning about Teams and sharing your experiences, what where some of the benefits of working in a team? List at least 4 benefits and explain them with detalil and depth. i) i) iii) iv) 3. Now that you've learned about Teams and its benefits, it's time for the Zombie Apocalypse. Scenario: You awaken from a long nap and awaken to see mayhem run loose in your city. You look around and see that there's a Zombie Apocalypse taking place as people fight for survival. With your favourite talking dog (or cat), you've been granted the wish to develop your \"Dream Team\" of Zombie Apocalypse fighters- or survivalists. You can choose any 5 people to join your band of teammates are you survive the current situation. Who would you choose? Why? For what reasons? What purpose? When deciding on your \"Speciality Team\