Developing and improving teamwork in my organization is one of my main responsibilities. I work in a military department with around thirty different personnel. Each individual has certain skills, age, rank and motivation. These attributes can make my service effective or ineffective. My department has a high level of professional expectations. The range of experience in my department varies from twenty years of experience to two years of experience. Ages range from 19 to 45 years old. Some people graduated from prestigious universities and grew up in a positive family atmosphere. Some of my employees barely graduated high school and were living in single-parent homes. I learned last year that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, education and experience don't always equate to motivation. I have someone who graduated from West Point and was accepted to attend graduate school at Vanderbilt University. He lacks teamwork and motivation, unless it is selfish. Based on his education level and what he needs to succeed, I assumed he would be a key component and valuable member of our team. I used two perception shortcuts to judge their effectiveness for our team; selective perception and the halo effect. According to (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 143), the halo effect is the tendency to draw a general impression of an individual based on a single characteristic. I believed that a highly educated person would be an effective team member. Based on my own personal selective perception, I assumed that if I wanted to get my master's degree, he would have the same work ethic as me. I learned that he did not have a high level of organizational commitment. On the other hand I have a ni...... middle of paper ....... Don't do it because you want to get more and more money. Do it because you truly want to serve. » (1 Peter 5:2). I need to build cohesion in my team by working towards one goal, if we all work together with one goal we will increase effectiveness and efficiency, God wants us to serve. our leaders, not because we have to because we want to. Instilling selfless service and teamwork in my Soldiers is essential. This becomes difficult in today's society with individualistic attitudes. If these issues are addressed, my department can achieve high levels of success. S. and Judge, T. (2009). Organizational behavior. New Jersey: Pearson CustomPublishing. Inceoglu, I., Segers, J. and Bartram, D. (2011). Psychology of work and organizations, 85, 300-329.doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02035.x