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    Team Warfare

    Team Warfare: Good teams fight together: Not with each other!

    Here is a wonderfully good example.  A group of US Marines were attending a military training. During their recreational time they went to a paintball range to enjoy some downtime fun. If you have ever been to a range like [http://www.paintball-junglegames.com] you know that there are several fields of battle to choose from. Participants informally group together to challenge other teams on one of these fields of battle. These Marines formed their own team and defeated every challenger. It was amazing to watch.

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    Although there was no one main leader for the group each Marine shared common experiences, had an understanding of common tactics, and held common values. And they all were focused on a common goal. With no formal leader each Marine took control, as appropriate for the situation, and made decisions based on their situational awareness. Their success, as a group stemmed from their willingness to support each other’s leadership.

    Alignment versus conflict. As you can imagine, the civilian opponents failed. Their failure was not so much for their lack of military training as much as their inability to share leadership. There was more conflict and confusion on the civilian team because of the second guessing and delayed implementation.

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