Teamwork actually does make the dream work

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  NPR.

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  When you're looking for a job, you've put together a resume of your achievements.

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  I initiated this.

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  I led that.

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  I leveraged multiple synergies.

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  If you haven't leveraged multiple synergies, I mean, what are you doing in the workplace?

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  But the point is the workplace is all about rewarding leadership and individual performance.

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  Yeah, sure.

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  You might get a question in a job interview about working well with others,

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  but being a quiet force for teamwork doesn't get as many accolades.

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  Behavioral scientist John Levy has a new book arguing exactly this.

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  That leadership is overrated and that teamwork is underrated.

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  These days, we tend to focus completely on the leader if we have the right leader,

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  then the team will perform.

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  But when we look at the research that's out there, it tells a different story.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And I'm Whelan Wong.

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  Today on the show, teamwork makes the dream work.

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  We learn how important group dynamics are, whether you're an NBA player or an egg laying chicken.

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