Presented at Cerner DevCon 2016 and KCPMI PDD 2016 “The team, the team, the team” were the words used by Hall of Fame, University of Michigan coach, Bo Schembechler. He also mentioned that no one person is more important than the team. These words are extremely important to remember, as they not only apply to a sports team, but to any group of people working together as a team, regardless of the scenario. You can take a team of All Stars, but until they start functioning as a team, they will not be successful. High performing teams will always deliver great solutions. In this talk, we will expand on the concept of a team and hone in on the process of creating a team culture that fosters innovation, collaboration, continuous learning and trust. We will use Tuckman's four levels of group development as a guideline to talk through what you can do with a new team to take them from Forming to Performing. We will also discuss the 4 C's a [sports] team captain must embody to lead their teams and how they are applicable in a software development environment to build successful teams.