Feel Good Friday - What role do you play on the team? ⚽

[Andrew Zimmerman]

Happy Weekend-Eve, Community!

With World Cup 🏆 excitement in the air, I’ve been thinking about how every great team needs different kinds of players.

Not everyone is the goal scorer. Some people are the steady defenders. Some are the midfielders connecting everyone. Some are the super-subs who jump in at exactly the right moment. Some are quiet leaders and coaches. And some are the fans cheering the team on when things get rough.

So today’s question is:

What role do you naturally play on your team? It could be at work, in your local community, or in your friend group.

Are you the organizer, the encourager, the problem solver, the connector, the coach, the dependable finisher, or something else entirely?

Have a great Friday and a relaxing weekend.

GOOOOAAAAAALLL!!!!!!!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Great question @Andrew Zimmerman!

Specifically when it comes to soccer/football, I'm right at home being a defender.  I'm not there for the fame and glory, but my team knows they can always count on me to keep the opposing team away from out net.  And, to feed them a perfect pass for a scoring opportunity.

I feel like my work as an Atlassian Admin is very similar.  I don't work on the features we sell to customers, but without clean well-defined processes, the ability to complete and ship those features would be exceptionally challenging.

Have a great weekend!

[James O_Connor]

Great question @Andrew Zimmerman! I'd say I'm different things in different situations as the need arises, but I definitely gravitate towards coach most of the time.

I love the point that you raise about teams needing different kinds of players - sometimes that can be hard to explain to senior managers at work when they expect everyone to be kicking flashy goals all the time, when some things require the steady, patient team member playing from the back.