On Sunday I went to a “Pink Party”. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this time 2 years ago my friend Dorothy picked up an information leaflet, took action, was diagnosed, went through treatment and is now well again. So she organised a fundraiser – hence the Pink party. It was great to see how it  came together. She put out an e-mail asking for help and the help flowed. She got a hall with no hire charge, donations from those who attended,  commission from the sale of Pampered Chef products. The hall was packed – and each of the ladies who attended wore something pink as requested.

Now I know that cancer – and breast cancer in particular here – is an emotive subject and most people who know someone with the disease ( or any of the other major lifelong conditions) will support fundraising projects – because of the common goal. But it can still be used as an example of great team working.

On a recent forum I asked for people who work on a great team to share what made it so good. As you would expect all pulling in the same direction was key.  The question at Dorothy’s do was “what can I do to help”?  Do you find yourself asking this at work?

Maybe the question could be – what can I contribute to benefit the entire team? If everbody did that – well the possibilities are endless….