Be team
player rather than employee
A
team work environment has many benefits for a business, including the chance to
develop new employee skills, projects completed at a faster pace, and increased
creativity leading to more ideas and improved results. Teams
are formed when individuals with a common taste, preference, liking, and
attitude come and work together for a common goal. Teams play a very
important role in organizations as well as our personal lives.
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success”
Every employee is
dependent on his fellow employees to work together and contribute efficiently
to the organization. No employee can work alone; he has to take the help of his
colleagues to accomplish the tasks efficiently. It has been observed that the
outcome comes out to be far better when employees work in a team rather than
individually as every individual can contribute in his best possible way. In
organizations, individuals having a similar interest and specializations come
together on a common platform and form a team.
Team work is
essential in corporate for better output and a better bonding among employees.
- No organization runs for charity. Targets
must be met and revenues have to be generated. Tasks must not be kept
pending for a long time and ought to be completed within the desired
timeframe. A single brain can’t always come with solutions or take
decisions alone. He needs someone with whom he can discuss his ideas. In a
team, every team member has an equal contribution and each team member
comes out with a solution best suited to the problem. All the alternatives
can be explored to come out with the best possible solution. Thoughts can
be discussed among the team members and the pros and cons can be
evaluated.
- Tasks are accomplished at a faster pace when it is done by
a team rather than an individual. An
individual will definitely take more time to perform if he is single
handedly responsible for everything. When employees work together, they
start helping each other and responsibilities are shared and thus it
reduces the work load and work pressure. Every team member is assigned one
or the other responsibility according to his specialization, level of
interest and thus the output is much more efficient and faster.
- Work never suffers or takes a backseat in a team. Mike
was taking care of an important client and was the only one coordinating
with them. Mike took a long leave and there was no one else who could
handle the client in his absence. When he joined back after a long
vacation, the organization had already lost the client. Had Mike worked in
a team, others could have taken the charge when he was not there. In a
team, the other team members can perform and manage the work in the absence
of any member and hence work is not affected much.
- There is always a healthy competition among the team.
members. Competition is always good for the employee as
well as the organization as every individual feels motivated to perform
better than his other team member and in a way contributing to his team
and the organization.
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Team work is
also important to improve the relations among the employees. Individuals work in close coordination
with each other and thus come to know each other better. Team work also reduces
the chances of unnecessary conflicts among the employees and every individual
tries his level best to support his team member. The level of bonding increases
as a result of team work.
- Team members can also gain from each other. Every
individual is different and has some qualities. One can always benefit
something or the other from his team members which would help him in the
long run. Everyone is hungry for recognition's and praises. One feels
motivated to work hard in a team and to live up to the expectations of the
other members. Each member is a critic of the other and can correct him
whenever the other person is wrong. One always has someone to fall back on
at the time of crisis.
§ Promote Team Interaction.
Encourage team members to share their ideas and suggestions with one another.
In a team setting, ask each of them to say what they can offer the project at
hand. Recommend that team members listen to and learn from one another's input
and encourage them to express appreciation for those suggestions. Promote a
positive environment by focusing on each employee's strengths and getting
workers to recognize these in themselves and each other. Accommodate team
bonding by building an environment of support and togetherness.
Team and team work
must be encouraged at workplace as it strengthens the bond among the employees
and the targets can be met at a faster pace. Workload is shared and individuals
feel motivated to perform better than his team members.
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