Saturday, January 26, 2008

The real reason of success "Teamwork"

Teamwork is Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal or missions and as we all know that it is not used just in work but we can find it in all the needs of life.

Nowadays most of projects require that people work together, so teamwork has become an important concept everywhere. Effective teams are an intermediary goal towards getting good, sustainable results.

It is so deep field and I can got everything about it but there is two questions took my attention

How we apply the teamwork concept?

1- Listen to other people's ideas. When people are allowed to freely express their ideas, these initial ideas will produce other ideas.
2- Ask questions, interact, and discuss the objectives of the team.
3- Treat others with respect and to support their ideas.
4- All the members should trust each other.
5- Help one's coworkers, which is the general theme of teamwork.
6- Share with the team to create an environment of teamwork.
7- For a team to work effectively it is essential team members acquire communication skills and use effective communication channels between one another.
8- Be diplomat and tolerant.

There is a wonderful saying says "A Teamworker is the oil that keeps the machine running...the yeast that helps the dough rise. They are good listeners , diplomats, talented at smoothing over conflicts , help parties and understand each other without becoming confrontational" and unfortunately it is rarely in our society these days.

What are the laws of successful teamwork?

1- The Significance: One Is Too Small a Number to Achieve Greatness
2- The Big Picture: The Goal is More Important Than the Role
3- The Niche: All members Have a Place Where They Add the Most Value
4- The Great Challenge: As the Challenge Escalates, the Need for Teamwork Elevates
5- The Chain: The Strength of the Team Is Impacted by Its Weakest Link
6- The Bad Apple: Rotten Attitudes Ruin a Team
7- The Countability: Team-mates Must Be Able to Count on Each Other When It Counts
8- The Identity: Shared Values Define the Team
9- The Communication: Interaction Fuels Action

Amazing things could be accomplished today if we could get members and leaders to trust and commit to the teamwork process of joint problem solving, consensus decision making and shared leadership.

The lack of teamwork’ is blamed for such a wide variety of everyday business dilemmas -- dilemmas like late delivery, poor quality, a blown budget or poor customer management. That because the people in businesses do not understand the real meaning of teamwork concept.