What the Scaloni method teaches us about building teams
Make the person better to make the player better. In a construction company it is exactly the same: at the end of the day, everything depends on people.
Diego Papasergio
Enecuatro
By Diego Papasergio, Architect and Director of Enecuatro.
A few days ago I watched the series about the Scaloni method and ended up thinking far more than I expected. Not because of the results. Not even because of football, which I love.
What struck me most was everything behind those achievements: the way a group is built, how trust is created, how each person comes to understand they are part of something bigger than themselves.
One line stayed with me:
“It is about making the person better in order to make the player better, and so grow as a team.”
And I immediately brought it to our world. Because in companies exactly the same thing happens. We can talk about strategy, processes, technology or productivity, but at the end of the day everything depends on people.
When a person grows, they work better. When they work better, they help the team grow. And when the team grows, results appear.
The ideas that resonated with us
- The person before the role.
- The team above egos.
- Helping others grow so that everyone grows.
- Building trust before control.
- Looking for solutions instead of dwelling on problems.
- Asking “how could we” before explaining why not.
- Keeping our feet on the ground even when things go well.
The difference is not in the square metres
In our industry we talk a lot about square metres, deadlines, costs and schedules. But we are more and more convinced that the real difference is not there.
The difference appears when people feel they belong, when they trust each other and when they understand that individual success only makes sense if it drives the team.
A good project can produce a great result. But building a culture capable of repeating those results again and again is a different challenge. And talent alone is not enough: it takes leadership, purpose and a way of working that gets everyone pulling in the same direction.
Great achievements are not born only from having the best people. They come from getting the best people to work as a team.
What was the best team you were ever part of? What made it so special that you still remember it today?
Originally published on LinkedIn.
