It's a Team Sport

One of the most successful motorsports company in NASCAR is Hendricks Motorsports. Currently the home of five-time champion Jimmie Johnson, who is poised to make a run for a sixth championship, Hendrick's Motorsports is known as a team that depends on all its employees in order to succeed.

Even so, last year Rick Hendrick felt the need to do some switching around of personnel within some of the shops. Some teams he left together, some had crew chief changes.

A good leader knows when to make and changes and when to leave things alone. There is danger in resting on the laurels of a successful team, such as becoming complacent and not investing in leaders of the future. There is also danger in making constant changes, something creative leaders need to be careful about. Teams need time to adjust to changes and if you shake things up to often, they will become demotivate, thinking, "What does it matter? It'll change again next week."

You have to assess the state of your team from time to time, get their feedback, and evaluate their progress, not always by just watching numbers. Take that data, observation, and intuition and use it to make strategic, and timely changes when necessary so your team can regularly cross the finish line in prime form.