Working as a team
Today, many organizations embrace the notion of team groups. Groups have become the core unit in most organizations. Part of this based on the fact (supported by research) that groups are more effective in solving problems and learn more rapidly than individual. Yet surveys will find that several organizations and several individuals in them are particularly gratified with the way their groups are working. Teams might be a necessary ingredient of organizational success but their presence certainly doesn't guarantee success. Several managers have training or knowledge of group dynamics; most are quite apprehensive about groups and pessimistic about their value. Many of us are more comfortable managing individuals than groups and many of us are more comfortable working on our own than in a group.
Human beings are fiercely independent animals and we'll usually have our own opinions and independent methods of doing what ever we want. That's the way our minds are hardwired by nature. Except for a very small percentage of us, sharing and collaboration with others is't right programmed inside each and every one of us. That's because each person is mainly concerned about his or her rewards, appreciation, need for power over others, and so on. But teamwork is a different game that aligns mindsets in a cooperative, and always selfless manner towards a specific business purpose. And it involves sacrifices, sharing of rewards, sharing the blame and punishments, true uniformity, suppression of personal opinions, etc., which is't very palatable to many. It's usually, "What is in it for me" rather than "What is in it for us.
In order for teamwork to succeed one must be a teamplayer. A Teamplayer is one who subordinates personal aspirations and works in a coordinated effort with other members of a group, or team, in striving for a common goal. Businesses and other organizations often go to the effort of coordinating team building events in an attempt to get people to work as a team rather than as individuals.
Every team should have these skills:
1) Listening - it's significant to listen to other people's ideas. When people are allowed to freely express their ideas, these initial ideas will produce other ideas.
2) Discussing It's significant to discuss your ideas with your teammates until you agree.
3) Questioning - it's significant to ask questions, interact, and talk the objectives of the team.
4) Persuading - individuals are encouraged to exchange, defend, and then to ultimately rethink their ideas.
5) Respecting - it's significant to treat others with respect and to support their ideas.
6) Helping - it's crucial to help one's coworkers, which is the general theme of teamwork.
7) Sharing - it's significant to share with the team to create an environment of teamwork.
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