Effective Teamwork
“What should workplace?” One of the many things to be aware of is that in a workplace environment, most of your work will be accomplished in teams.
An organization’s success is largely based on how effective their teams are. Why? Because a single person doesn’t have all the skills to complete a project. By working in a team, each person will use the skills they are strong in while learning new skills from their team members.
This memo briefly explains six ways that you and your team can utilize to make your teamwork effective and enjoyable.
1. Assembling an effective team
2. Agreeing on team goals and standards
3. Giving the team time to develop
4. Developing good leadership
5. Plan for effective meetings
6. Being a good team member
1. ASSEMBLING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM
Avoid choosing friends as team members
Choose people with the right skills
Skills you may lack in
Think about who has the time to contribute
Choose people who are interested in the topic/project
Think about who is easy to work with
2. AGREE ON TEAM GOALS AND STANDARDS
Effective teams are goal oriented
They are also results-oriented
They have standards and hold each member accountable for them
3. GIVE THE TEAM TIME TO DEVELOP
Stages of development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
4. DEVELOP GOOD LEADERSHIP
Ways a leader can serve a team and help members succeed
Establish and maintain a vision of the future
Create a supportive environment
Divide responsibility and tasks equally
Establish a timeline
Keep the task on track
Manage meetings effectively and encourage collaboration
Ensure effective decision making
Resolve differences constructively
5. PLAN FOR EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
Create an agenda
Base it on input from each member
Assign a timekeeper during meetings
Keeps track of agenda and prevents ‘sidetrackness’
Assign a note taker
Meeting minutes
Review past discussions /topics
Schedule next meeting
6. BE A GOOD TEAM MEMBER
Commit to the team and
An organization’s success is largely based on how effective their teams are. Why? Because a single person doesn’t have all the skills to complete a project. By working in a team, each person will use the skills they are strong in while learning new skills from their team members.
This memo briefly explains six ways that you and your team can utilize to make your teamwork effective and enjoyable.
1. Assembling an effective team
2. Agreeing on team goals and standards
3. Giving the team time to develop
4. Developing good leadership
5. Plan for effective meetings
6. Being a good team member
1. ASSEMBLING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM
Avoid choosing friends as team members
Choose people with the right skills
Skills you may lack in
Think about who has the time to contribute
Choose people who are interested in the topic/project
Think about who is easy to work with
2. AGREE ON TEAM GOALS AND STANDARDS
Effective teams are goal oriented
They are also results-oriented
They have standards and hold each member accountable for them
3. GIVE THE TEAM TIME TO DEVELOP
Stages of development
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
4. DEVELOP GOOD LEADERSHIP
Ways a leader can serve a team and help members succeed
Establish and maintain a vision of the future
Create a supportive environment
Divide responsibility and tasks equally
Establish a timeline
Keep the task on track
Manage meetings effectively and encourage collaboration
Ensure effective decision making
Resolve differences constructively
5. PLAN FOR EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
Create an agenda
Base it on input from each member
Assign a timekeeper during meetings
Keeps track of agenda and prevents ‘sidetrackness’
Assign a note taker
Meeting minutes
Review past discussions /topics
Schedule next meeting
6. BE A GOOD TEAM MEMBER
Commit to the team and