The Stereotyping of Successful Teams

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by fintelia

For a thread about not stereotyping elite teams, there is an awful lot of stereotyping of low performing teams...

Perhaps the most alarming (and absolutely false) allegation is that these teams do not put in as much hard work or thought as the elite teams do. It just simply not true. All teams work hard and employ the resources available to them, as they should.

Yes. There's this notion on CD that if you work really, really hard, and get as many sponsors as possible, you can be a "top team." As many lower tier teams can attest to, is simply isn't true.

In my experience, what makes the difference isn't really time or resources or whether or not a team makes a practice bot. It's the experience and intuition the real team leader has (it can be a mentor, or much more rarely a student) and their ability to cohesively lead the team. Combine that with ample amounts of time, machines and money, and an elite team is born.