What is team

Team is used a lot in todays vocabulary.  We hear about it at work.  The team.  We hear about it in other organizations.  The team.  How many truly understand what team is? When I think of a team I think about how as a group the individuals are better that the simple sum of themselves.  A team should be able to exponentially be better that the sum of the individuals.

Is this a truth of all teams?  Sadly I think not.  But if each of the individuals think of the team above themselves then I think that team can be better.

One of my business mentors has instilled in me to be great in business the organization/team all need to think as follows:

Mission
Team
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There has to be a shared mission and the team then has to take precedence over the individual.  If this happens great things can happen

I saw this list the other day and it made me think about what my mentor has taught me.  It is talking about hockey but the lessons are the same.