Tips to Improve Teamwork

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Working in groups is not always easy because of many reasons such as unequal participation and conflicts among team members. Most of the people had bad experience while working in teams. Well, talking about me, I had a great experience while working in a team. At school, I was assigned a team project and it was worth 25% of my overall grade. All my team members were very hardworking and they paid their full attention towards our project which helps us in attaining a good grade. Here I would like to list some tips that I used in my team project to make it a success.

1. Make every team member feel valued: Success as a team can only be possible when each team member is aware of their importance. All team members should be involved in all tasks and decision makings.

2. Facilitate conversation, idea sharing and brainstorming: There should be better communication skills among all the group members in order to work comfortably with each other. There should be some rooms where team members can share their ideas and had a brainstorming session with each other.

3. Recognize and reward good teamwork: It is always the responsibility of the team leader to reward the team when their goal is accomplished. By doing so team members will feel motivated and they will contribute more in future.

4. Avoid Gossips: Support and respect one another, never undermine with petty jealousy, prejudice and gossips because it may cause conflicts among team members and they will not work with each other which might affect organization’s success.

5. Disputes should be solved immediately: Most of the time disputes occur among team members and it is the responsibility of team members to report all these things to team leader in order to get them solved. In Order to get the best of output, one needs to focus more on the benefits of working in a group. Thus, working together can prove to be advantageous for the project, as well as the company.

References:

Catherine Capozzi, “Ways to Improve Teamwork at Workplace.” Retrieved from:

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/five-ways-improve-teamwork-workplace-13766.html

Evin O'Keeffe, 2015, “10 Ways to strengthen team relationships.” Retrieved from:

https://www.teamwork.com/blog/10-ways-strengthen-team-relationships/