What is your biggest fault when working with teams?

Teamwork is a major part of life, especially in a work environment. Even if you are an independent person, there is no way around collaborating with people for presentations, new projects, etc.
I find that my perfectionism becomes my biggest fault in these situations. I want everything I do to be perfect, down to the small things. When working alone this is never a problem- I’m the only one doing research, writing the report, making the powerpoint, doing the actual presentation. I have control of everything and the end product is exactly how I want it.
When working with a team, I have to learn to accept others’ ideas and trust that they are willing to work just as hard as me to bring out a great product. My perfectionism stands in the was sometimes and I begin to take over everything. I will go over other’s work and change it to how I would have done it. In the end, I didn’t work as a team member, but an individual and others resent me for that. This is not the way it should be done and I have slowly learned that my teams ideas can be just as good, if not better, than my own.
My fault as a perfectionists has it’s good side too. I pay attention to the smaller details and find that a good place for me in the team is to edit (not change) the final product. This ways everyone has contributed and I’m still satisfied.
Working with a team can be difficult, but I have learned that if everyone works together the end product will be better than imagined.

Originally posted by namisalami