A team is defined as two or more individuals who come together to achieve common objectives through interaction and interdependence. The document discusses teamwork through the story of a tortoise and hare racing. In the original story, the hare loses by being overconfident and resting. In later races, the hare wins by running consistently fast while the tortoise wins by changing the course to favor his strength of swimming. Ultimately, they realize their greatest success working as a team, with the hare carrying the tortoise where he is strong and the tortoise carrying the hare where he is strong. The key lesson is that a team can achieve more by combining individual strengths.