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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Importance of teamwork in the workplace



   A workplace is necessarily composed of individuals, but a workplace in which these individuals don’t work together in positive ways will never perform to its full potential. Creative teamwork maximizes individuals’ strengths and minimizes their weaknesses, leading to a workplace that is efficient, dynamic and productive.
   Managers and employees essentially want the same things: success, profitability, and enjoyment in the work environment. Fostering a winning team culture can complete all of these goals. Business leaders classify two critical factors that drive organizational success: Constantly improving performance and involving employees in identifying and solving problems. In an organization everything is interrelated, so employees need to understand the importance of teamwork. Encouraging group work is a critical duty of the management to help improve productivity and efficiency in the workplace. Promoting teamwork isn’t as easy as it seems, due to many problems that arise when working with a group of people: dealing with individual egos, conflicts between people with strong personalities or different point of views, lack of communication, and competition within the organization.
Teamwork in the workplace is extremely important to he success of an organization. Understanding this reality is crucial when building a valuable team. Effective group work fosters the foundation needed for competing in today’s environment

   One of the major advantages of teamwork is getting things done in less time. When leaders involve their teams to brainstorm together to find a solution, they will get many different and creative ideas. This effort will enable them to implement the best action plan and assign the tasks to the people involved. When a team is functioning as a whole instead of individually, productivity, efficiency, and employee morale increasing.
   Working in the group enables quicker learning processes. Individuals grasp concepts regarding work better and with ease. Seniors in the team can always guide newer members regarding possible pitfalls, and help them learn pathways better. Teamwork can also increase creative output; a suggestion can lead to another, which can bring in interesting results.
   Synergy is a central factor of effective teamwork. The combined efforts of a team that works well together accomplish more than the total efforts of all the members would have accomplished if they were working individually. Cooperation greatly increases the efficiency of an organization. Group members can learn from each other, consult with each other about complications and come to agreement about the best ways to reach goals.
   Teamwork promotes unity, rapport and bonding. When people work together, they are able to give and take, help and support one another because the main focus is to accomplish common goals.
   Peak Performance2 strives to increase professional effectiveness by improving teamwork. For more information about Peak Performance2, visit their website http://www.peakperformance2.com/

Julia Spraiter







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