GA 641 | What Makes a Good Teammate with Eric Reveno
Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | LeadershipShow Notes
Most organizations spend enormous energy developing leaders and almost none developing teammates. Stanford Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach Eric Reveno has spent 30 years watching what actually determines whether a team wins or collapses, and his answer is not the coach. The conversation moves from college basketball to NIL compensation to Michael Jordan to what you should do first when you walk into a struggling team. The thread running through all of it is the same uncomfortable idea: the people in the room are more responsible for the culture than anyone standing at the front of it. In this episode you'll learn:
The quote that reframes what culture actually is (3:19) Why leadership is overtaught and teammate behavior is undertaught (6:07) What NIL is and why it changed the dynamics of building a team (13:52) What showing up as a great teammate actually looks like day to day (18:35) Whether a player like Michael Jordan was truly a good teammate (21:55) Why talent alone does not produce connection on a team (27:24) How to identify and address the real problems when a team is struggling (30:15) Why every person's ability to change their future depends on being a great teammate (33:49)
"Everyone's true agency and true ability to change their future and create the world they want, it lies in their ability to be a great teammate." - Eric Reveno Keep Learning If Eric's point about teammate behavior being undertaught resonated, the School of Leadership is a direct next step for practitioners who want to build the kind of team culture he describes rather than just study it. Learn More About School of Leadership at https://www.gembaacademy.com/leadership Podcast Resources
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