Ohio State University Extension Bulletin

Ornamental Plants
Annual Reports and Research Reviews
2001

Special Circular 186-02

TeamWorks: OSU Extension's Nursery, Landscape, and Turf Team

James A. Chatfield,
Ohio State University Extension,
Northeast District/Horticulture and Crop Science;

Joseph F. Boggs,
Ohio State University Extension,
Hamilton County/Southwest District;

Gary Y. Gao,
Ohio State University Extension,
Clermont County;

Erik A. Draper,
Ohio State University Extension,
Geauga County;

Keith L. Smith,
Ohio State University Extension,
Director, Associate Vice President, and Associate Dean;

Barbara G. Ludwig,
Ohio State University Extension,
Chair and Associate Director;

Stephen R. Baertsche,
Ohio State University Extension,
Assistant Director.

No. 6: Teams Must Be One of a Kind

Once a team is successful, it can be tempting to try to clone it, to look for a recipe. In a way, this article might seem like just such an attempt. Though we do believe there is value in looking at such stories of teams that have something going and continue to grow (Leholm, et al., 1999), without belaboring the point, it is not our intent to suggest that any team should look like ours. It is our opinion that cookie-cutter recipes for teams and teamwork, as tempting as they may be, are simply recipes for disaster. Teams work when members believe that teamwork is its own reward; energy cannot be mandated.

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