Each team member depends on the others for success. There is not one individual upon which the rest of the team has to center its dependence for this success. Teams should receive team-based rewards. The team is rewarded as a team, not as individuals. The more successful the team, the greater everyone's reward.
Individual competition is downplayed.
Team success is emphasized in contrast to individual success. We just may be able to improve some of our own project team operations in light of the above lessons. Robert W. Johnson, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, is vice president and director of Technical Resources for RTKL in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a former CSI president and is on the CS Editorial Advisory Board. The Construction Specifications Institute.