Essence of Team Work
Essence of Team work What is Teamwork?
Larger, ambitious goals requiring unique tailor made approaches
usually require that people work together with other people in a
team and not as individual.
Companies today want people who are team player, people who are
able to get along with their colleagues and work together in a
cohesive group to achieve the organizational targets sacrificing
their own personal interests at times. Such people are hard to
find.
Prerequisites for Teamwork
1. Common and well-defined Goal
2. A team Leader (not a boss)
Causes of failures
Examination quickly reveals that under-performance derives, not
from ineffective policies or individual incompetence, but from
the interactions among the staff, i.e. process rather than
performance. This factor, often referred to as group dynamics,
needs to be understood and utilized if an organization is to
achieve its full potential for effectiveness.
Skills Needed For Teamwork
1.Listening: It is important to listen to other people's ideas.
When people are allow to freely express their ideas, these
initial ideas will produce other ideas. Ideally you should
follow 80/20 rule.
2. Questioning: It is important to ask questions, interact, and
discuss the objectives of the team and also the plan for
execution.
3. Persuading: Individuals are encouraged to exchange, defend,
and then to ultimately rethink their ideas and come to mutually
agreed solution if possible.
4. Helping: It is crucial to help one's coworkers, which is the
general theme of teamwork. Use of proactive approach will be
better.
5. Respecting: It is important to treat others with respect and
to support their ideas.
6. Sharing: It is important to share with the team to create an
environment of teamwork.
7. Participating: All members of the team are encouraged to
participate in the team and to have a say if possible.
Establishing the norms for effective teamwork:-
1. A shift in partnership to ownership Instilling a sense of
belonging. An important shift in focus: Our common goal 2. Faith
in each other (to be established by actions and not by talks) 3.
Clarity & simplicity in communication.
A team, not a collection of individuals, results in
1. Faster decision-making 2. Working explicitly toward a common
goal 3. Better communication skills 4. Effective communication
plan 5. Focused on solutions not setbacks 6. Increased trust and
productivity 7. Re-energized atmosphere
Team Leader and his role
1. First and foremost rule. Leader has to lead by setting
personal examples and not only talk about it. 2. Says we and us
and not I and my (mean it) 3. Has to sacrifice at times in
overall interest of the Team. 4. Last but not the Least
Team Leader has to keep morale of the team very high always and
every time. Relationships are Key for Successful Team work
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