Startup Guides > 5 Tips To Create A Winning Team For Your Business

As business leaders and athletic coaches know, you need more than exceptional talent to succeed. To create a winning team, entrepreneurs can learn from great athletes who came together to reach their full potential.

Here are 5 tips from their experience that will help you create a winning team for your startup:

1) Rally your team around a shared vision.

In a business, your employees don't start with a shared vision, so make sure everyone is clear about the end goal and why it matters. Find out why each person cares about the goal, and then use those motivations to drive success.

2) Lead employees to strive for personal bests.

Channel your team's competitiveness by pushing each member to do their personal best. Don't pit people against each other, but if you can motivate each other, then a little competitiveness is a good thing...