Building the Perfect Team

 

I owe a big shout out to Raj Menon of the 13apples blog this morning for a post he originally made back in 2008 and reposted today on building the perfect team. I really liked the message of his post and enjoyed the podcast link he posted of Nikos Mourkogiannis interviewed on Business Week's "Climbing the Ladder" podcast. They are both excellent.

Mourkogiannis suggests that every team needs the following four roles to be successful: magicians, lovers, sovereigns and warriors.

1. Magicians: The dreamers, innovators, and communicators of great ideas.
2. Lovers: The masters of engagement who spread their love of an idea and invite others to love and believe in the idea.
3. Sovereigns: The independent rulers, like the kings and queens of old, who show the path to realizing the ideas that will inspire us to keep going.
4. Warriors: Those who will lead us through thick and thin to make ideas reality.

Which role do you play on your team? Thanks Raj—great post and great podcast!