Welcome to the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast, a conversation designed to help

leaders go further faster. On today's podcast we're going to kick off a three-part

conversation around the importance and power of team.

Andy, obviously for most of our listeners' team isn't a new concept.

Why is it still important enough to talk about?

Well, I think, Lane, that most employees

don't feel like they're part of a team,

and yet most leaders feel like they are team leaders.

And there's often this disconnect, you know,

I mean leaders all the time, talk about my team, my team, my team right then you go and talk to the

people on the team and say hey do you feel like you're part of a team they're like no I think I'm an

employee so there's a bit of a disconnect and so I'm really really excited about these next three months because we're going to talk about some of the things that really that create an actual team and we're going to try to bridge the gap between the leaders who feel like their team leaders and people who feel like hey I'm just an employee I work here

You know at times I feel like I'm part of a team but most of the time I just go do my job

So is that important? I mean that they feel like they're part of a team?

Well in some context it's probably not that important.

You know the leader thinks she's or she's leading a team,

individuals feel like employees so what, but if anyone has ever worked in an environment where they have actually felt like a part of a team,

there are so many advantages and that's one of the reasons we're going to talk about this, but primarily there's synergy.

You just get more done. And we've all heard the illustration of geese flying in formation and there are many many studies that show when there's an actual sense of synergy in any environment more things happen So a leader who is committed to progress,

a leader who's committed to getting something done,

they need to figure out how to create synergy in their organization.

We certainly are committed to that.

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