The ability of organizations to be skilled at teamwork and building high performance teams is a major key to competitive advantage and may very well determine the future success or failure of many organizations. The payoffs of teamwork are well documented (see for example, Katzenback & Smith, 1993; LaFasto & Larson, 2001; McShane & Von Glinow, 2010; Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011; Levi, 2011). Teamwork can significantly improve performance, effectiveness, efficiency, morale, job satisfaction, unity of purpose, communications, innovative thinking, quality, speed in getting things done, and loyalty to an organization. By contrast, organizations that are not skilled at teamwork are sure to underutilize their potential and are just as sure to suffer the many internal and external consequences that a lack of teamwork brings. It makes sense that organizations of all types and sizes from the private, public, nonprofit, athletic, military, and other sectors should make teamwork a high priority and that leaders should be trained to be skilled in developing high performance teams. The irony is that while virtually everyone believes in teamwork, leaders passionately preach the importance of teamwork, an abundance of research supports the value of teamwork, and teamwork is almost always a central theme of text books and practitioner books on leadership and how to build successful organizations, most organizations do little if anything to build teamwork. In fact, leaders are rarely trained how to build teamwork and high performance teams, and organization cultures, designs, priorities, pressures, and rewards often discourage teamwork. Yes, there are excellent examples of teamwork in some organizations, athletic teams, the military, and a few other organizations. However, excelling at teamwork is not the norm. If you want a reality check on how effective organizations are at teamwork, gather a sampling of people from your own organization or different organizations together and ask the following questions: a. Do you believe that teamwork is important to the success of an organization? b. Does your organization excel at teamwork at the top, within teams, and between teams? c. Do you believe that your organization values and rewards teamwork and being a team player? d. What does your organization do to train leaders how to build high performance teams?