Prepared By:
Sublime Familia De Agricultura
WORK IN A TEAM ENVIRONMENT
WHAT IS TEAM?
- is a group of individuals
(human or non-human) working
together to achieve their goal.
What Is the Purpose of a Team?
Is to provide a framework that will
increase the ability of employees to
participate in planning, problem
solving, and decision-making to better
serve customers.
What is Teamwork?
Is the collaborative effort of
a group to achieve a common
goal or to complete a task in the
most effective and efficient way.
REASONS TEAMWORK IS
IMPORTANT IN THE
WORKPLACE
It brings new Teamwork helps
ideas solve problems
Teamwork builds
It's supportive
confidence
It brings new ideas
Businesses need new, fresh
ideas to succeed in the competitive
world.
Teamwork helps solve problems
Collaboration within a group
can help solve difficult problems.
It's supportive
Teamwork creates a system to ensure that
deadlines are met and that there's high quality work.
When one team member falls behind, there's
another to pick up the pieces. When work is divide
up among members of a team, it gets done faster,
making the overall business operate more
efficiently.
Teamwork builds confidence
You'll feel that your work is valued
when you contribute to something that
produces results. If you offer an idea that
helps improve productivity, such as a new
filing system, confidence and trust is built
within the team.
Examples of teamwork skills
Communication Responsibility Honesty
Active
Collaboration Empathy
listening
Awareness
Communication
The ability to communicate in a
clear, effective way is important to
having good teamwork skills.
Responsibility
Within the dynamic of teamwork, it
is important that every party involved
both understands the work they are
responsible for and makes the effort to
complete said tasks on time and up to the
expected standard.
Honesty
It is important to be honest with
your team. This might mean sharing a
disagreement, explaining that you were
not able to complete a certain task on
time, or sharing a new development.
Without transparency, it can be
difficult for a team to develop trust and
therefore work together efficiently.
Active listening
is the act of making an effort to
focus intently on one person as they
share their ideas, thoughts or
feelings.
Empathy
Having empathy for your
teammates can allow you to
better understand their motives
and feelings.
Collaboration
Teamwork exists so that a group
of individuals with a diverse set of
skills and talents can work together to
create something better than one could
create on their own
Awareness
In teamwork, it is important that you hone your
ability to be aware of the team dynamic at all times.
For example, if one person is dominating the
conversation or does not allow others to share ideas, it
is important that balance is restored for each teammate
to contribute evenly. Alternatively, if one person tends
to be more shy and hesitant to share ideas, it is
important to create space so that all teammates feel
comfortable to contribute their unique skills and
abilities
How to improve your teamwork skills?
Get honest feedback
Set personal goals
Practice
Mimic others with strong teamwork skills.
Get honest feedback
It can be difficult to identify your
own areas of improvement. Finding a
trusted friend, colleague or mentor that
can offer you honest feedback about your
teamwork strengths and weaknesses can
help you improve them.
Set personal goals
Using both your own observations and
feedback from others to form achievable,
relevant and time-constrained goals can help
you improve one teamwork skill at a time.
Using the SMART goal framework is an easy
way to set appropriate goals for your career.
Practice
It takes time and practice to see
improvements in your skillset. Pay close
attention to your teamwork interactions
throughout the day both in and out of work.
Take mindful steps to practice the specific
qualities you are trying to build
Mimic others with strong teamwork
skills
When you see examples of great
teamwork, take note and identify why
the interaction stood out to you. Apply
those qualities in your own interactions
when working with others
What are the characteristics of
effective teams
• Members have a clear goal
• There is a plan for achieving the goal
• Focus is on achieving the results
• Members have a clear roles
• Members are committed to the goal
• Members are knowledgeable
• Members have effective interpersonal skills
• They know each other well and have good
relationships
Attitudes for effective teamwork
• Appreciation for value of team decisions
• Respect for team members
• Mutual trust
• Openness to feedback
• Likeness on group process and interest in
improving
• Shared vision
Keep the following in mind
• Teamwork improves the working environment
• Teamwork keeps communication consistent
• Teamwork relieves stress
• Teamwork reduces errors
• Teamwork keeps communication lines open