Characteristics of a great team

I was doing some research tonight and came across this article   It talks about what makes a great team.  One is equal contribution by all team members and emotional intelligence by the team members.

http://tomtunguz.com/emotional_intelligence/?utm_source=FullContact%20Weekly%20Playbook&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FullContact%20Weekly%20Playbook

The first, as the article stats makes sense: if all members contribute relatively equal then you should have a strong team. The second needs a little explanation.

Here is a definition of emotional intelligence

1. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to useemotional information to guide thinking and behavior.
   
   
   I think, putting this in perspective, it is understanding your own emotions while understanding those of your team mates and to use that understanding to help guide your team mates and your own.
   
   
   
   
   Make sense to me