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(BQ) Part 2 book "Exploring management" has contents: Entrepreneurship and small business - Taking risks can make dreams come true; globalization and international business - Going global isn’t just for travelers,.and other contents. | Find more at 14 Teams and Teamwork Two Heads Really Can Be Better Than One Management Live Team Contributions and Lost P icture a mysterious island and a group of random strangers brought together by a plane crash. There is little hope of rescue. You’ve probably been there before, at least ABC/Photofest vicariously. It’s the setting for the hit television series Lost. In episode 5 of season 1 a doctor, Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), strikes off on his own to deal with personal demons. He ends up discovering a source of clean water and realizes it is the key to keeping everyone alive. Upon returning to the crash site, Jack finds several of the survivors fighting for control of the remaining bottled water. He interrupts the fight and delivers what becomes the guiding mantra of the series—“live together, die alone.” Jack implores each person to figure out what they can contribute to the good of all, and then make the commitment to everyone else that they’ll really do it. If you watch old Lost episodes, you’ll find quite a bit going on about the lessons of teamwork and team contributions. Team success always depends on members contributing in a wide variety of ways to help the team reach its goals. Most teams underperform not because they lack talent and energy. They do poorly because members can’t overcome the difficulties of working together. Pick a recent team experience of yours. Make a good realistic assessment of what took place—the good parts and the rough spots, including your contributions. This chapter has lots of ideas on teamwork and team success. Make becoming a strong team contributor a personal development goal. YOUR CHAPTER 14 TAKEAWAYS 1. Understand the importance of teams and teamwork. 2. Identify the building blocks of successful teamwork. 3. Understand how managers create and lead highperformance teams. W H AT ’ S I N S I D E Explore Yourself More on team contributions Role Models Amazon’s Jeff Bezos bets .