Here are the 17 essential qualities possessed by every team player according to author and leadership expert (and former high school basketball star) John Maxwell:

1.  Adaptable: If you won’t change for the team, the Team may change you.

2.  Collaborative: Working together precedes winning together.

3.  Committed: There are no halfhearted champions.

4.  Communicative: A TEAM is a single heart with many voices.

5.  Competent: If you can’t, your team won’t.

6.  Dependable: Teams go to go-to players.

7.  Disciplined: Where there’s a will, there’s a win.

8.  Enlarging: Adding value to teammates is invaluable.

9.  Enthusiastic: Your heart is the source of energy for the team.

10. Intentional: Make every action count

11. Mission conscious: The (big) picture is coming in loud and clear.

12. Prepared: Preparation can be the difference between winning and losing.

13. Relational: If you get along, others will go along.

14. Self-improving: To improve the team, improve yourself.

15. Selfless: There is no I an team.

16. Solution-oriented: Make a resolution to find the solution.

17. Tenacious: Never, never, never quit.

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