Gr4techie,
Socialising/ interacting with the client, within the team, with the public etc are all aspects that go towards a good team. There are many other factors. Socialising is just one of them. Socialising does not have to mean going to cocktail parties either.
One reason pilots are selected is due to their ability to interact well with the rest of the team and with the public etc. The one week test period for potential pilot team members has aspects that look at a persons social abilities.
Interaction between people is an extremely important facet of what makes a team effective. Skills are important as well; but it can be better to take alright people at a job rather than a prima donna. The reason being that the alright person can interact a lot more effectively with a team.
Teams are fascinating. People call a group of people a team when in fact they may not be. What if one member of that team is working to his own ends? Is he really a member of a team? I would say not. That is not a team. A team is much more than that. A real team is something special, something that is more than a sum of its parts.
There are many, many aspects that go to make up a good team. Look up Belbin and have a read.
Gr4techie, just because a soccer team wins a game, a cup etc. does not make them a team in the way that I mean a team. A soccer team may win because the other soccer team is not as good as them. That does not make them a team in the way I mean, nor the way business organisations should look at teams. Unfortunately too many organisations look at teams in the same way that you appear to.
Last edited by hval; 27th Oct 2013 at 22:18.