There is a realization that when everyone works toward making the team successful, the whole is greater than the sum of parts. Hence, team members avoid the temptation to become individual heroes, which most often leads to adverse effects like the breaking of trust and a dent to the spirit of collaboration. Some of the visible traits of this behavior include people helping someone who is struggling with a piece of work or reorganizing themselves to focus on completing the highest value work, should the team be falling behind in its commitments.

People strive to align themselves to the purpose they are working towards. This includes alignment at all levels, right from the organization level objectives to the goals of the current iteration. One of the most visible clues of this behavior is how often the word we comes in conversations, as opposed to I. The team spirit of a team with an agility-oriented mindset can be compared with that of a sports team. What matters more than goals scored by an individual player is the win by the team.