How to Built Successful Work Team in Organization

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How to built successful work team

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Definition

Team work is a position of

agreement attained within a

group of people working for

toward a specific profitable

benefit.

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Work Team


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Objectives of Work Team1. Improved Interpersonal and Communication Skills

An understanding of personality types and activities that encourage

effective communication can help improve overall team communication.

By having an understanding of how nonverbal cues can affect the meaning

or perception of a statement, team members can learn how to avoid

miscommunications. When conducting team building activities related to

interpersonal and communication skills, it is important for a team to also

practice sensitivity to cultural differences in communication.

2. Decreased Conflicts

Conflicts in a team, no matter how minor, are inevitable and can lead to

fixing blame on team members. Team building exercises that involve an

understanding of different personality types offer an opportunity for team

members relate to different types of personal workplace demeanors, whichcan help decrease potential conflict. When team members have a better

understanding of the personality types that represent the team, individuals

can practice communication that is more effective and assign roles that

will help how a team works as a system.

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3. Awareness of Team Culture

A team's culture includes an organization's goals and the

relationships of those working within the organization. Team

building helps develop team member understanding about the

organization's purpose and mission. When this is done, members of

a team gain a better understanding of how personality types affect

relationships with peers and subordinates, personal variances, the

division of work and how different departments interact.

4. Improved Effectiveness and Productivity

Team building can help team members consider the different

personality types in the group and how each individual can

contribute to the success of the team and organization. Individuals

learn that even though each person has a different job function,

they all belong in the same department and can work together. As a

result, individuals are more likely to unify to accomplish the

organization's goals with the "big picture" in mind.

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Benefits of Team Work1.Creativity:

Different people have different skills and possess differentperspectives of every activity. Therefore any activity that involves

team work would benefit from the various creative thoughts and

inspirations of different people. By making use of different thoughts

and perspectives, varied ideas can be used to find an array of solutions

that will ultimately help find the best solution or a new solution for anold problem.

2.Overcomes monotony:

People working as individuals fall into the monotony of their jobs and

this lead to dissatisfaction and under-performance in the long run.

However, when people work in teams, the interaction in itselfgenerates enthusiasm and any issues are resolved by inputs from

different people, making even small tasks enjoyable and interesting.

This leads to better enthusiasm and energy levels among team

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3.Varied skills:

It is impossible for one individual to possess all the knowledge and skills

required to complete any job. For example, lets look at the construction of

a house. When one individual builds a house all on his own, besides the longduration and the risk of the construction stopping mid-way, there is also the

risk of faults and damages in various aspects of the house. However, when

different individuals with specialized skill and knowledge come together to do

the different jobs, the house will be completed in a much shorter duration and

the end product would definitely be a house that is beautiful and inhabitable.

4.Accomplish faster:

Team work definitely finishes tasks faster than if an individual were to slog at

it. The speed is not only because of different hands coming together, but also

because of different minds working on the varied aspects of each task. When a

problem occurs there are different people thinking of it from varied

perspectives and thus they are able to arrive at a solution faster than if oneperson were to try resolving the issue.

5.Support:

Team work leads to camaraderie between team members. This not only leads

to better social relationships, but also acts as a support when things go wrong,

both in the work and in the personal front.

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6.Distribution of work:

Imagine having to conduct a wedding or your companys annual

meeting on your own. Your never be able to complete all the tasksbefore its due and the greater chances are you will mess up the whole

activity. However, if you create a team for the task and assign

activities to each member of the team, you will definitely be successful

in making the event an unforgettable and successful event. Distributing

work not only reduces each individuals burden, but also increases

responsibility and ensures better commitment to completing the task

individually and as a whole.

It is because these benefits of team work have been fully understood

by schools, organizations, and even nations that they encourage team

work in all activities. Everyone has come to understand that only many

hands and minds working together can bring about all round

development to build their organizations and nations.

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Reasons Teams Fail1. No Vision!

First, the concept of "vision" must be defined. Simply

stated a vision for a team is "a vivid mental image produced by the

imagination." A vision sees the future, possibilities, and future

successes. If a team does not have a vision the possibilities for failure

are great. The entire team must produce the casting of a vision. Therewill always be those who lead the way however, all members of the

team must be included in the vision casting process.

2. Failure to Be Personally Responsible

Teams can never hope to succeed if one person on the

team refuses to play their part. The success of any team is dependent

upon the involvement of every person on the team. The skills of the

many are what make a great and productive team.

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3. Conflict Between PersonalitiesEvery person is different! That is not a big surprise. The uniqueness

of individuals can create a wonderful environment of teamwork while at the

same time it can cause conflicts on the grandest of scales. One of the greatchallenges of teams and teamwork is to recognize that we are all different but

these differences can produce great power when combined together. Conflicts

will take place but if handled in the proper fashion these very conflicts can

produce a strong team of complimentary personalities.

4. Power StrugglesWho is in charge here? This is a question that just about every

organization asks. The idea of shared responsibility is not a comfortable

concept for some people. There are those personalities that are very aggressive

and those that are passive or somewhat shy. One of the greatest challenges for

any team is to work on bringing out the talents and gifts of the entire team. Thefailure of most teams is the result of one or two people leading the way and

leaving very gifted people behind. Those left behind may not say anything

about this action but they will soon become inactive and the team is reduced to

the one or two strong personalities.

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5. No Clear IdentityWho are we? Does the team have a clear understanding of its

purpose and direction? Every good sports team has a name and play book. A

good team will be able to identify itself to others outside of the team by thetitle or name they carry. A strong team will also know the "play book." The

direction, focus, and goals must be stated. It is best to write these things down

and for every team member to be able to identify their purpose and direction in

less than a paragraph. Two sentences would be best. A team without a clear

identity will never succeed.

6. No CoachingEvery good team has a good coach. The coach is not a member of

the team. The coach does not work with the team. The coach is an outsider

who can give direction, insight, and wisdom for the team. A coach will give

the team an edge for strong development. The insights and "wisdom" ofsomeone that is not on the team can give the team the benefit of hearing from

an observer. This calls for the team to put egos aside and embrace a

willingness to receive productive criticism.

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Five Key Elements to Managing Teams

1. Trust among team membersBuilding trust takes time. If trust is lacking it must be the

responsibility of the team leader to focus first on building trust, i.e.

getting team members to open up (among the team) and expose their

weaknesses and fears to each other. In some cases, a team building

exercise can be utilized. In certain business cases, due to timepressures, the leader may have to take responsibility for building trust

or change the team to achieve the necessary level of trust for team

success. Until everyone is willing to trust the other members of the

team, progress towards team success will be limited.

2. Prepare to engage in debate around ideas.Disagreements can lead to conflict, but conflict can be good.

If ideas are not presented and debated, the team will miss opportunities

to find the best solutions to problems. Respect for the thoughts and

ideas of the other team members will be developed through healthy

debate.

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3. Learn to commit to decisions and plans of action.Team results will only come about as a result of team

commitment to team decisions, this includes agreeing on the specifics

of action plans. If some team members are not consistent with their

commitments, the team will not succeed.

4. Hold one another accountable against their plans.Team members must be prepared to check among themselves

to assure progress and overcome obstacles to progress. Ad hoc

meetings may be necessary to coordinate actions between departments

or groups to assure progress.

5. Focus on achieving collective results.The vision and/or mission of the team must be accepted by all

the team members and critical goals viewed as the collectiveresponsibility of the team. If a return to profitability is a critical goal of

an executive team, priorities and time commitments must be pulled

from elsewhere. Focusing on results that in any way does not support

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Twelve Cs For Team Building

1. Clear Expectations

2. Context3. Competence

4. Charter

5. Control6. Collaboration

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7. Communication

8. Creative Innovation

9. Commitment

10. Consequences11. Coordination

12. Cultural Change

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Strategies for Effective Team work

1. Roles

2. Communication

3. Reward and Recognition

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How to Build successful work team1. Choose the people with the right skills.

The first task when building a successful work team is to put

together the right people for the task. You need the right mix of

experience and the right personalities in order to get the best job done.

You may also want to consider pairing up new employees with

experienced ones to help in the training process. As long as the skills

are present and the people don't have clashing personalities, the work

team should be successful.

2. State expectations clearly.

At the beginning of any project, a successful work team needs

to know what is expected of them. It is important for supervisors tostate expectations clearly, including goals, deadlines and work

behavior. Anyone who is part of a work team needs to know the

rewards and the risks associated with the task at hand. This will present

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3. Make sure every team member is committed.

No matter how big or small the task, a successful work team

needs to be committed to reaching the same goals. Team membersshould all show a keen interest in the positive outcome of the project.

Ensure that everyone involved in the project is on the same page when

it comes to goals, work ethic and overall commitment to the work

team.

4. Decide on a strong strategy.

After a work team knows what is expected of them, it's a good

idea to lay out a team strategy. Divide responsibilities, set goals and

discuss immediate tasks so that all work team members are clearly

informed of the approach and the method of attack for the project. Asuccessful work team will result from a group of people working with

the same goals and strategy in mind.

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5. Collaborate as a team.

In order to accomplish a goal, a successful work team must

work together. This will inevitably require compromise at some point,

since everyone will have different ideas, approaches and personalities

that may not always mesh. It's important to overlook your differences

when you're part of a work team and aim to cooperate in order to

accomplish the team's goal. Support everyone's ideas since creative

thinking leads to creative solutions. It is this mixture of people that will

help a successful work team meet goals and exceed expectations.

6. Encourage ongoing communication.

As a work team works on a project, communication is

absolutely necessary. The whole team needs to be involved in major

decisions. As well, frequent meetings to update all members on

progress are essential for keeping the project on track and the team

working successfully together. Make sure to coordinate meetings times

when everyone can be present in order to maintain a healthy team

atmosphere. With these good team skills and some dedication to the

task, any work team can be successful. 18


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ConclusionTo Build a Successful team work, it

depends on a good leader, the right balance

of the right people and the channels ofcommunication remaining open between

them.

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