A Milestone and a Brief Reflection
Milestones practically force one pause and reflect.
A few examples come to mind:
Graduating High School or College
Landing that first dream job
Having your first kiddo
Starting a business
I wanted to take a short break from our usual marketing ramblings and recognize an important milestone for TDC, and of course - reflect. We recently added our 20th employee (the group photo cracks me up because we get to see the top of Kendall’s head and Austin is inside of the ‘Owl’) to TDC Marketing and I’m just absolutely blown-away by all that this group has accomplished. So instead of making points about Brand, I’d like to reflect on an important concept that is often overused: teamwork.
This is a Team Sport
Let me brag on this team for a minute, if you don’t mind. Working in an organization that’s capable of creating the type of change TDC makes takes a team. There is no one person that can accomplish what this super talented team of creatives and strategic thinkers does on a daily basis. Both success and failure are outcomes that result from playing the Team Sport that is working in this organization.
The Ingredients of a Winning Team
Successful teams have both yin and the yang. Similarities and differences. It doesn’t work if everybody has the same skillset. At the same time, it also doesn’t help if the team doesn’t have a core, shared mindset as well.
Teams require:
A shared mission
A clear vision
Collectively appreciated values
Teams also require :
Diverse skillsets
Diverse personality types
Diverse approaches to problem solving
Diverse interests
Similarities bind us and differences make the team stronger.
TDC’s growth is only possible because we are fortunate enough to have both. We have the right kind of similarities and the right kind of differences. Every new, talented voice that joins our team makes us stronger.
Shout-out to the Daily News Record for the shout-out!
I am truly humbled to work with this team. Keep up the incredible work.
