Business Modeling

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Project Aristotle found some resounding and recurring themes during their quest to identify factors that make up a great team. One of the factors was an environment of empathy and support where people were not scared to express their views and no backlash was anticipated for the same. The congenial atmosphere helped people to voice their opinions and paved the path for innovation and out of the-box thinking. This is one characteristic that I strongly relate to from my Fall quarter team. The entire team was supportive of each other’s ideas and no one was discouraged from following a different line of thought. This often led to us coming up with disruptive solutions to archaic business problems. Another important characteristic that resonated with the Aristotle findings was the fact that the team performed better than an individual. Every team member had a strong suit and we tried to utilize the strengths during multi-disciplinary assignments. The Team output or performance thus outmatched what any of us could have achieved on our own.

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The very best team experience that I was a part of was at my last organization. At Deloitte we had a couple team meetings every day and some of them were really hectic. The best part of the meetings was that it was not restricted to official matters alone we often discussed a personal problem that a fellow colleague was facing and tried to come up with a solution for that. The practice helped us grow as a team and form strong inter persona; bonds that motivated everyone to help each other. The team also celebrated birthdays and anniversaries and went for a team outing at least once a month. The other great part of the team was the way we handled failure. There was no concept of a blame game the team took collective responsibility of the failure and worked towards identifying and preventing a reoccurrence. These were some of the exemplary qualities of the best team that I have been a part of.