The article “Personal Values and Performance in Teams” by David J. Glew, relates to a current situation I am in right now. As a captain of my football team I see many of these topics discussed in the article first hand. The article examines how personal values influence both individual and team performance. Finding from studies conducted in the article show that individuals who are solely focused on personal accolades and achievement struggle to work well with other team members. In contrast it shows that individuals focused on the equality of others ended up finding more success individually and collectively. The collective value of equality which is something my company values highly, if shared among team member’s functions more effectively and cooperatively than those focused on individual recognition.

I find this to be very true in my current situation. Last year our football team was very individualized. Certain players were selfish and would get upset if they did not get the stats they wanted each game, even if the team won that game they would still give off negative energy toward the rest of the team. This quickly spread throughout the locker room escpecially after losing. Granite some of the players acting this way were great players at the beggening of the year becuase they were only focused on one goal and that was winning. I saw those players playing great football, but as soon as they started listening to the outside noise and trying to play for individual goals, I watched their performance on the field quickly deteriorate.