Gerald Del Amo is deputy general counsel with Broward Health.

Law practice is often a team endeavor. What has been your experience with teamwork in the law?

The important components of teamwork are trust, communication, collaboration and accountability. Without teamwork there is no success. Using a sports analogy, to be successful you need buy-in from every team member. You can have a team of individual superstars, but if they don’t work together, the team won’t succeed. You’ll have inconsistent guidance, resentment and turmoil/stress within the department. Every team member is involved in decisions that affect our department, so they feel part of the team and that their input matters.

What types of work done at law firms and other organizations are commonly underappreciated?