Some people out there are so gosh darn motivated! When I work with people I tend to observe a major part of their personality. How a person works is a great defining point. In my marketing class I spent time collaborating with two others on various projects throughout the semester. We worked well together as a group by aggregating certain work to each other and also taking into regard each others schedules and workload. It was nice for someone to say to me, "It seems like you’ve had a full week, why don’t I do this part of the assignment for you this time." There are also times when I would sit down and do a good majority of that weeks group assignment for my group and myself just to get it done my way. [Yes, sometimes I have control issues...] All in all, the group work is finished, the semester is winding down. I feel confident that we did a great job together.

Ahh, managing inter-work relationships. One of the most interesting topics I’ve pondered. At my job there are the "He is not doing as much work as I am, so why should I?", the "It doesn’t matter who is working where, let’s just get it done.", the "I’ve been here longer, you do my work for me.", the "I don’t get paid enough to do all this work." There are so many outlooks on work that it may often be difficult to put together an efficient team.

A team needs 3 elements [in any combination, with any amount of members- although generally not too many] : Tenacity, Creativity, and Modesty.

Tenacity enables a team to push forward and take control of the situation.

Creativity allows a team to be able to accommodate for setbacks and be efficient in innovation.

Modesty helps the members of the team step backward and forward so not one single person is being the tenacious or creative one.

[[A simplification of an enormously complicated topic which many managers face. Globalization also makes it difficult to construct a well-oiled team as people sometimes do not know how to interact with strangers. Makes me appreciate that most colleges are requiring courses on Diversity, Building Personal Relationships, and others of that sort.]]