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The Power of Teams

By Steve Garber

What do we really do on our own? Very little, if anything, at all!

Your family is a team. Your medical care is a team. Your business is a team, even if you are a sole practitioner. Indeed, you are likely teeming with teams in your life. Managing these teams can be really challenging, but it is the secret sauce to success in every area of our lives, particularly at work.

Think of this saying, supposedly a Japanese proverb: “None of us is as smart as all of us.” As successful as you are, you’ve probably enjoyed some really wonderful teams in your life; and some, shall we say, “not-so-good” teams. The divorce rate is well over 40 percent – and for second marriages, it is north of 60 percent. The failure rate of startup businesses is over 70 percent in the first two years, while Forbes actually says over 90 percent of them will fail. And families? Well, for most of us, they are hard work and chaotic – but they are worth every minute and ounce of energy we devote to them. This is true at work as well.

I’m often told that tennis stars or golf champions are not on teams. “Look at their solo success!” I did. He or she IS a team. They travel with coaches, trainers, chefs and all sorts of assistants and, often, with their families as well. It’s their team that keeps them going, succeeding and winning.

Even in computing, we use “teams” of computers, some sitting in the room on racks, visible for us all to see, and some connected through the Cloud. All of them together are so much more powerful than any one of them alone. It’s the same with people. We need teams. We need to communicate, collaborate and co-create in order to be successful. No business can be fruitful for very long if there is not a solid team in place.

Susie Kim Riley, a serial entrepreneur who has started several successful companies, says, “My colleagues would be jet-lagged, food-deprived and sleep-deprived – and they would have a meeting. Imagine you’re a Marine… You’re on a mission and a lot of times it’s like a battle, but with the right team and the right beliefs, you are going to get through it.”

Helping people work well together successfully and passionately is my mission in life, and it is my team’s – my business’ – purpose. Think of your team as an amazing orchestra functioning with a clear and abiding sense of common purpose, a deep and instinctive trust, an open and powerful communication, and confronting issues fully and effectively. That’s harmony. That’s sustainable. That’s the power of teams. ¿

Steve Garber is director of Third Level Ltd. Contact him at 561.752.5505 or sgarber@thirdlevel.com.

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.