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Benefits October 15, 2007
Meeting Deadlines Ranks as Top Team Player Characteristic
October 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty percent
of executives polled said meeting deadlines is the most
important characteristic of a team player, up slightly from
37% in a similar poll conducted a decade ago.
Reported by Adrien Martin
According to the poll by staffing service Accountemps, not getting tangled up in politics is the second most important characteristic of being a team player (25%) behind meeting deadlines.
Twenty percent of executives said it was important that a team players was pleasant to work with, followed by 13% who said it was important that a team player support his or her manager.
The national poll included responses from 150 senior executives — including those from human resources, finance and marketing departments — with the nation’s 1,000 largest companies.
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