II. Humbly, We Put The Team First Regardless Of Our Circumstances

On high performance teams, decisions are made in the best interest of the collective. The collective is defined as a group of individuals singularly focused on something bigger than themselves. I took the second half of that definition from Jim Collins' definition of humility: "being in service to something much bigger than yourself; the humility comes from realizing how much bigger that something is." Collins offered that definition when asked about Steve Jobs as as humble leader. Here is a link to the full interview.