Ever lead a dream team that doesn’t get along?  Both in athletics and my work, I have experienced bringing together the best skilled people possible where a few of the team members didn’t get along. Normal or not? 

Actually, this happens more often than not.  In my first company we were on a roll and hiring non-stop.  As the CEO – my leadership team was growing. We were hiring on skill and experience and giving little consideration for “fit”.  We had leaders that openly didn’t get along. In these situations there is a lot of energy wasted.

When leadership team members openly don’t get along, it stifles a lot of things in your company but mainly your ability to grow.  The leadership team must be the most cohesive team in the company and lead by example.  I have led and been on many leadership teams where not everyone “luved” one another – but there was...