At the risk of falling in a No-True-Scotsman argument here, I'd say what passes for "democratic teamwork" nowadays is sheer chaotic social dynamics. Not every vote has equal weight, and to pretend otherwise is either naive or misleading.

Democracy requires good leadership, which is defined not by telling everyone what to do, but by helping everyone keep focused on the ultimate goals (including but not limited to forcibly shutting down anyone who engages in deliberate derailing of the team for personal gain) while allowing everyone to contribute according to their best judgment (which typically exceeds top-down control, by virtue of having intimate and immediate knowledge of the fact on the ground).