In order to evoke maximum performance and contribution from their employees, successful entrepreneurs recognize that this conflict must be dealt with. They cultivate synergism within and between teams and actively intervene to eliminate all antagonistic behavior. Cooperation is essential for effective teamwork. People will not work well together if they do not respect their fellow employees. As successful entrepreneurs build teams, they build a value system along with it.
Mutual respect is a critical team value.
Employees learn consideration for each other by working together, toward a common goal. They learn respect from how the entrepreneur treats them. Successful entrepreneurs recognize that they are the role models for interpersonal relating in the sense that his or her actions set the tone for intra-team relationships. Mutual respect is an attitude that must be deliberately developed to generate effective teams, and it is simultaneously a natural consequence of effective teams. Build teams one person at a time.