Translating individual brilliance to team brilliance

What if we picked the best sales guys in a particular domain across the globe and put them all in one team, would it make the best sales team in the world??? Or closer home, if we picked the best batsmen, best bowler, best wicket keeper, best fielders, best support staff from across the globe and put them all in one team... would we get the best cricket team in the world, which will win every single cricket match it plays??

The answer to my mind is NO...even though we may have the best performers all together in one team... we may still not be able to put together a world beating combination. But why is it so that even with so much individual brilliance we still do not have the collective brilliance of world beaters.

All these people have the same goal of winning the deal or winning the cricket match that they are playing but still their individual excellence may not lead us to the goal that we are looking to achieve.

It has been often said that human beings are selfish by nature and hence even when they are put in a team situation with a common goal, the need to satisfy their own individual interests may sometimes overpower their ability to work towards a common goal and hence they may fail to achieve the mark that they were looking to achieve.

Another obvious reason for lack of cohesive working in a team setting may be the basic human emotions of ego and jealousy. With all the star performers on one side, the need to showcase their skill and perform at a level which is better than the other person may be all the more stronger and hence it may cause the team to miss its mark.

Hence, while rationally speaking all this individual brilliance should translate into team brilliance, it still fails to do so because emotions are paramount in every human interaction and hence they may have a bearing on the performance of this all star team.

Therefore, in order to ensure a world beating performance in a team setting, it may be critical to manage the emotional elements in team interactions and the organization and/or team which is able to manage this emotional aspect may see itself delivering a world beating performance.

So, as organizational success becomes more and more dependent on team success it may be worthwhile for managers and leaders to identify ways and means to manage these emotional aspects of human interactions to achieve their end goals.