Creativity and confidence are important and beneficial factors for increasing work performance. In two case studies, the virtuoso teams of Sid Caesar and Miles Davis have common themes, such as generating creativity, focusing on confidence, and intense time pressures. Virtuoso Teams represent a dominant approach to getting work done in a business environment. Creativity enables virtuoso teams to solve problems and exploit opportunities through the integration of divergent thoughts and perspectives. Common Themes of Virtuoso TeamsIn almost every field of human achievement, business, sports, and politics, you will find teams that produce exceptional and innovative results. Sid Caesar's virtuoso team achieved the unthinkable by remaining at the top of the comedy entertainment industry for nine years, where television is known for the unpredictability of its audiences (Boynton and Fischer, 2005). César led the team rather than micromanaging it, he maintained an environment conducive to creativity. The extent to which Caesar effectively influences others and plays his role shows genuine concern and actions that reinforced his trustworthiness to his team. Unlike traditional teams which are generally made up of people who are available, regardless of their talent; virtuoso teams are made up of star performers hand-picked to play specific roles. Some teams produce the best results when brought together and under strict deadlines. Virtuoso teams embrace challenges and accept the risk of exposure and damage to their careers if the project fails. Caesar's team was very risky. The team rejected traditional stereotypes by providing the client with well-thought-out materials that contributed to the vision and who the team was (Boynton & Fischer, 2005). Miles Davis ac...... middle of paper ...... y create prototypes to accelerate creativity, with a focused team approach to developing solutions to specific challenges.ConclusionIn conclusion, the main objective was to explain how creativity and confidence are important and beneficial factors in increasing work performance. Leadership is the vehicle through which the needs of the team are met to foster creativity and trust. Building masterful teams is essential because it places team members in dynamic, rapidly changing conditions that impose the need to succeed. Virtuoso team leaders possess a multidimensional set of skills that allow them to train and improve their team members. Trust plays an important role in the innovation process. Teams that trust the leader to share in the benefits of their ideas are more likely to produce creative suggestions and engage in implementing those ideas..