Are you a team player?

The ability to play well and contribute to teams that do big things is more important today than ever.

Here are six hallmarks of great team players I coach:

• Show up. Great team players arrive every day on-time, prepared, and ready to contribute. They show up - no excuses, no exceptions. They practice the way they expect to compete.
• Expect the best. Great team players aim high and expect the best. They recognize the power and energy of a positive mindset when pursuing
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The US Independence Day holiday got me listening and thinking about jazz - a distinctly American art form deeply rooted in our national history and a color-blind force that connects people worldwide who share a curiosity and appreciation for improvisational music.

For jazz enthusiasts, 1959 was a landmark year that marked release of two of the best-selling jazz tracks in history, Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" and Miles Davis's "So What."  Back then, as now, the world wobbled on an uncertain brink ...