The Most Successful Team of our Time - The Beatles?
The Beatles? The most successful team of our time? Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Andrew Sobel, as quoted in a posting on shrm.org feels that "Every business can learn from their story." Steve Bates' article includes numerous examples of why The Beatles may be the ultimate team. They range from the fact that Ringo's drum kit was elevated on the stage during the Ed Sullivan performance which made him a more visible part of the team than drummers in other bands to the fact that each of The Beatles was a brand-within-a-brand to their collaboration on songs and playing techniques.
The article also includes Sobel's list of "Beatles Prinicples" which he believes every business team could use:
• Invest in and build face time between team members long before they are required to appear together.
• Help team members become brands-within-a-brand by giving them a song—an idea or proposal—that will help them to shine.
• Evolve your “songs” and bring the same level of ideas, perspectives, excitement and enthusiasm to your hundredth meeting with a client that you brought to the first.
• Put exceedingly diverse professionals on the same team; mix specialists with generalists; and foster friendly competition to produce the best ideas.
The Beatles have certainly been one of the most visible musical icons for multiple generations. Perhaps we need to look beyond Strawberry Fields and take a few lessons from the Fab Four. They obviously did a lot of things right since they continue to be popular with successive generations. There are not a lot of products, brands or companies who retain such popularity long after they have been "retired". Maybe Sobel is on to Something . . .
So before today becomes Yesterday, put a little Beatles music on in the background to set the stage and click here to read and learn from Steve Bates' article on shrm.org: Magical History Tour: The Beatles as the Ultimate Team
Posted by Denise Knutson, Senior Consultant, The H.S. Group
Andrew Sobel, as quoted in a posting on shrm.org feels that "Every business can learn from their story." Steve Bates' article includes numerous examples of why The Beatles may be the ultimate team. They range from the fact that Ringo's drum kit was elevated on the stage during the Ed Sullivan performance which made him a more visible part of the team than drummers in other bands to the fact that each of The Beatles was a brand-within-a-brand to their collaboration on songs and playing techniques.
The article also includes Sobel's list of "Beatles Prinicples" which he believes every business team could use:
• Invest in and build face time between team members long before they are required to appear together.
• Help team members become brands-within-a-brand by giving them a song—an idea or proposal—that will help them to shine.
• Evolve your “songs” and bring the same level of ideas, perspectives, excitement and enthusiasm to your hundredth meeting with a client that you brought to the first.
• Put exceedingly diverse professionals on the same team; mix specialists with generalists; and foster friendly competition to produce the best ideas.
The Beatles have certainly been one of the most visible musical icons for multiple generations. Perhaps we need to look beyond Strawberry Fields and take a few lessons from the Fab Four. They obviously did a lot of things right since they continue to be popular with successive generations. There are not a lot of products, brands or companies who retain such popularity long after they have been "retired". Maybe Sobel is on to Something . . .
So before today becomes Yesterday, put a little Beatles music on in the background to set the stage and click here to read and learn from Steve Bates' article on shrm.org: Magical History Tour: The Beatles as the Ultimate Team
Posted by Denise Knutson, Senior Consultant, The H.S. Group
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