Good people want to contribute to the success of their team. Every executive say they do believes in
teamwork. But only a scarce few make
teamwork a reality in their organizations.
Teamwork has been made as a core value in every other organization. Many of today's leaders champion teamwork
reflexively without really understanding what it entails.
Teamwork is an essential part of workplace success. Every employer wants to look for people who
can work well with others. Teamwork
involves building relationships and working with other people. Few important skills
and habits building teams are:
•Working cooperatively
•Contributing ideas, suggestions, and effort
•Communication (both giving and receiving)
•Sense of responsibility
•Healthy respect for different opinions, customs, and individual
preferences
•Able to participate in group decision-making
“It is amazing what can be accomplished when nobody cares about
who gets the credit.”
- Robert Yates
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
- Helen Keller
Teams need strong team players to make any job easier. A reliable team member will get the work done
and does his fair share of work hard and meet commitments. Consistency is the key. To make a job easier, team needs members who can
be counted on to deliver good performance all the time, not just some of the
time. They should also be active
participants. Team members who function
as active participants are willing to take the initiative to help make things
happen, and they always volunteer for assignments.
Good team players are willing to share information, knowledge, experience,
and keep other team members informed. Cooperation
is the act of working with others and acting together to accomplish a job. Despite differences, they respond to requests
for assistance and take the initiative to offer help. Team players care about their work, the team,
and the team's work. They show up every
day with this care and commitment up front. They want to give a good effort, and they want
other team members to do the same. This is
what make any job easier.
Team players with commitment look beyond their own piece of the
work and care about the team's overall work.
Problems are put out in the open for discussion. They will collaborate with others to find
solutions and form action plans.
Teamwork can be tough especially when it comes to dealing with
different personalities and compromise is not necessarily easy
