You know those team shirts.... the ones that student mission teams wear in the airports - when they are being too loud or cramming up the line at Subway or singing along to their iPods... yeah those. Don't wear them too soon.
All of us are trying to build a team identity. And a team shirt is one of the most effective symbols of who is in and who is out. But you should be building the team way before you wear the shirt.
Spend as much time together as a team. Go through some kind of team assessment where everyone gets to share what kind of personality or strength they have. Do a shared project together - whether it's a crazy team building activity or a community service project. Celebrate, laugh and have fun together. Imagine together the impact you could have.
After all of this, the shirt is just icing on the cake.
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