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Team Skills Barack Obama Speech Analysis
Team Skills: Barack Obama Speech Analysis
Team Building, Team Recognition and Obama's Speech
In viewing then-Senator Barack Obama's speech to his campaign workers in summer of 2008, certain facets of team building can be seen in viewing the context and delivery of the speech at hand. Obama begins with the assertion that in order for a true team to function in order to achieve a common goal, personal egos and motivations must be pushed aside and the goal of the group must be placed at the forefront of everything that team and its respective members do. He notes that in sticking with a goal and remaining invested in order to achieve a common goal, anything is possible, which is a part of team-building that has the capacity to drive people over long periods of time.
He notes that this "sticking to a goal" despite adversity is exactly what has happened in his own campaign for Democratic nominee. Obama notes that throughout the entirety of his campaign, team members in this campaign had consistently covered for each other, aided each other, and ultimately worked together to achieve what they had set out to do. Further,...
He goes on to say that the team must be smarter, tougher, more rapid in response and essentially better in every capacity of their work because they are now responsible for the goals of the country as well as their own personal goals. He goes on to note the issues in his platform -- one by one -- in order to reiterate why his team is there in the first place, ensuring that the achievement of the Democratic nomination for President is by no means the end of the road for any of them. Finally, Obama closes with a final recognition of the team's work and an additional call to action which…
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