Team & Teamwork

TEAM & TEAMWORK

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success-Henry Ford”

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

Teamwork:

ü  Creates synergy – where the sum is greater than the parts.

ü  Supports a more empowered way of working, removing constraints which may prevent someone doing their job properly.

ü  Promotes flatter and leaner structures, with less hierarchy.

ü  Encourages multi-disciplinary work where teams cut across organizational divides.

ü  Fosters flexibility and responsiveness, especially the ability to respond to change.

ü  Pleases customers who like working with good teams (sometimes the customer may be part of the team).

ü  Promotes the sense of achievement, equity and camaraderie, essential for a motivated workplace.

ü  When managed properly, teamwork is a better way to work!

Importance of Team & Teamwork:

Team work is essential in corporate for better output and a better bonding among employees:

ü  No organization runs for charity. Targets must be met and revenues have to be generated. A single brain can’t always come with solutions or take decisions alone. In a team, every team member has an equal contribution and each team member comes out with a solution best suited to the problem.

ü  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.

ü  Work never suffers or takes a backseat in a team.  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.

ü  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.

ü  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.

ü  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.