Teamwork.We hear about it all the time.Our business-speak is littered with “team” jargon.The term “teamwork” is so overused that it has all but lost its meaning. In your organization the word team may describe the entire company, self-selecting groups of individuals, or subsets of key individuals who have been identified to solve specific problems.

You’ve heard it many times before; “We’ve got an important and attainable business goal.We know what we need to do.Now let’s do it!”With all of the plans and strategies that we have in place, why do we have so much trouble actually getting things done?

Many business leaders spend their resources on learning about and disseminating the latest management techniques. It is clearly more popular for leaders to spend their energy on high-level strategy versus on implementation.We’ve all heard people say, “I’m the idea guy.”Well, the “idea guy” is important, but his ability to actually implement those ideas is often lacking, and this is when it becomes difficult to execute his plans.