>Your "team play" ability only matters to the extent that you engage in peer-to-peer relationships It doesn't "only matter" in relationships that are horizonta

>Your "team play" ability only matters to the extent that you engage in peer-to-peer relationships It doesn't "only matter" in relationships that are horizontal on the org chart. They're just not the totality of the non-peer relationships. Understanding and communicating boundaries between teaming and exercising authority is key to efficiently moving everyone toward a target. To torture the sports team metaphor more, the captains on a team are players but also an authority among the players. To the front office, a coach is a member of the gameday team.