Business Fit Magazine October 2019 Issue 1 | Page 6

Business
Creating Teams and Moving
Towards
Success
Regular Business Fit Magazine contributor,
Ismael Cala, looks at the importance of
teamwork and how it contributes to the overall
success of a business.
We are social beings and, as such, we evolve from
interaction with others. The fact of meeting new
people, establishing close relationships, sharing
goals and dreams and opening ourselves to
new experiences, mark us in a positive way and
impacts our ability to work as a team.
Richard Branson, CEO of the Virgin Group
consortium, which brings together more than
360 companies, has it very clear. In his beginnings
with the “Student” magazine, he didn’t have
much money to pay employees or improve
facilities. In fact, they worked in a basement. But
the excitement and promise of potential success
united them and guaranteed that everyone
focused their efforts in making the magazine
achieve its goals.
For two years, Google organised the Aristotle
Project, a study with the participation of 180
companies to learn about the five fundamental
characteristics or patterns shared by the most
successful work teams. That’s how they proposed
to understand their collaborators better.
The
excitement
and promise
of potential
success
united them
Every good
team guides
by the “not
established”
rules.
Among the results, they found that every good
team guides by the “not established” rules. Also,
in general, there is always at least one leading
figure, which allows members to contribute
equally in discussions, focus on goals and
develop their individual capacities without fear.
Among other topics, the research established
that the five things that characterise a successful
team are: psychological security, trust, structure
and clarity, sense of work and the impact it
produces.
Psychological security stands out among all,
since people admit they feel much safer when
exploiting their creativity if they know that there
will be no prejudices or that they won’t be
punished if things go wrong.
These topics are always present in our business
conferences, but the meeting par excellence
to address them, in an exhaustive way, is En
Cuerpo y Alma, (In Body and Soul) which took
place last November on the beautiful beaches
of the Riviera Maya (Mexico). Speakers such as
Guillermo Ferrara, Samar Yorde, Erika Ruiz and
Jacques Giraud focused, from their respective
specialties, on enhancing the abilities to work as
a team.
Being successful, in this sense, requires various
experiences, including mindfulness exercises,
lectures, visualisation, morning meditations, yoga
classes and excursions. Planning 2019 to be the
best year of our life was part of this process.
Ismael Cala is a life and business strategist, best-selling author, and
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international speaker specialising in personal development and mindful
exponential leadership. The New York Times identified him as “the Latino
Larry King”. He is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA),
USA. Founder and president of CALA Enterprises Corporation - focusing on
leadership, mindfulness, happiness, productivity, and excellence.
www.IsmaelCala.com
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