Last week a friend of mine called to ask if I could help him write a speech. He's the national sales director for Aflac and the speech was to the top producers in the company. The theme was One Team/One Dream. We came up with five commitments each team member has to make for the team's dream to come true. Here they are:
1. Commitment to the Dream
Rollins College baseball coach Bob Rikeman passed out t-shirts to his players. It was a bunch of guys hanging to a rope for dear life. Underneath were the words, "24 guys Hanging on to the Same Rope." A team shares the commitment to the same dream, hanging to the same rope.
2. Commitment to Excellence
Perfection isn't possible, but excellence is the goal: at every level. No matter the size of our endeavor, we can do it with excellence.
3. Commitment to Listening
You know it: two ears, one mouth. You do the math. If too many people are asking, "Can you hear me now?" then the organization, church, business, or family is in trouble.
4. Commitment to Improvement
A little improvement every day makes a difference in the long run: improving our spiritual life, improving our time management, improving our relationships.
5. Commitment to Each Other
One is too small a number for greatness. We've got to get other people involved for the dream to come true.
The ducks seemed to like the speech so we're going to work on another one for January. Let you know what we come up with.
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