There are many environments (work and school) where you have to work on teams and with teams. What is the most frustration part of this? Getting people to agree and ensuring that they all are contributing to the final outcome is what people would say most. How do you best do this, get everyone on board and participating?
Let's see:
- The team leader tells people what they need to do
- Making everyone speak one at a time (making them speak? hhmm. can that really be done?)
- Leaving the one's who don't want to speak alone and move on without them (but do they still receive credit?)
- Letting everyone have the opportunity to make decisions, not just the team leader (delegation!! compromise!!)
- Brainstorming!!!!!
What else? There are so many ways to handle teams but depending on the team members the approach may be different. Also, you must focus on the approach to ensure the final product is accomplished properly.
Your thoughts?
suggestion boxes are helpful you can leave your name if you wish and be anonymous if you also wish a simple employee sit down can also be done have an open session have everyone state their feelings in a professional mature way. Letting everyone speak freely gives any leader a sense of where the company can grow and what areas needs to be retained can be helpful. You don't need to take your workers to a bar for happy hour to get the truth out. As an leader in the army i always stayed abreast of my soldiers on a daily basic with their needs and concerns as opposed to waiting until it's too late (some preventable event has occur)i found this very helpful to this day i still hear SGT Erskine is one of the best sergeants i have ever and didnt play around makes me proud to know i can be a leader without having to be "one of the gang".
ReplyDeleteI agree about team work because its all about everyone participating in the group projects so thats its successful. Everyone will come together and plot there ideas and brainstorm them together. Everybody have to be motivated in the task so the team will not fail. A successful team is a team that knows there research. Its best for everyone in the team to get there input and there ideas about the project.Team work has its pros and cons but its always better to have a big group of people with different different ideas.
ReplyDeleteI believe that everyone should participate when it comes to being on a team. The purpose of being on a team is to share ideas on how to complete a the tasks at hand. As long as there is a line of communication open. Yes, there will be times where people will agree or disagree on things. As long as everyone comes to an understanding so that the team as a whole is successful in the projects that they maybe working.
ReplyDeleteit is important to pick your teams wisely, but sometimes you have no choice and the teams may already be assigned. communication is very important when in teams, but those who don't have anything to say well they are the ones who wont be understanding what's going on. they wouldn't be kicked out the team, they would just not get any credit for all of our hard work. we're all striving to achieve the same goal and that's to properly accomplish the final product. T.E.A.M. TOGETHER everyone achieves more. CADA CABEZA ES UN MUNDO meaning each head is a different world, so collaborate and you never know what you can achieve.
ReplyDeleteWhen working on a team communication and working together is key to getting the job done. It takes everyone on it to make it work. The leader should set the pace for everyone to get the job done in good time and make sure it is done the right way. Everyone place a part in that and it up to each one to do the best that they can to make it work. That why it call team work. Be a team player.
ReplyDeleteBeing a team member is sometime helpful because each member gives a opinion or ideas on getting the job done. It is important when in a team we are striving to achieve the same goal and accomplish the best work to become a good team player.
ReplyDeleteThe foundation of a good team leader must be in place before the team’s tasks are defined. The team leader must build relationships with individual team members. The relationships should be customized and different, but always equal. Team leaders should not display dictatorship but rather trigger dialogue from each member while recognizing their thoughts and ideas. Finally, successful team leaders create a positive culture within the team; celebrate each members skills; and remembering flexibility is a two way street.
ReplyDeleteI personally always had bad experiences with teamwork. The outcome always gets me frustrated and makes me come to the conclusion that the work was not taken seriously. Being a member of a team means to deal with other people's knowledge, ideas, experiences, which is great but it also means dealing with their attitude, schedules... I think as a team, members should be serious about what is to be done and and respectful to each other's involvement and logic. As you said everybody has to participate; the team leader does not have to monopolize the right to make decisions or have the last word on everything. Also, the non speakers should not just sit back and let their teammates make the good grade happen.
ReplyDeleteI know that you can not force anyone to speak. I know I was always the person who never liked to speak in front of large groups because I would rather sit back and observe the audience. See what kind of people I am dealing with. There were plenty of times that I sat back and observed everyone to see who will take charge and do the "right" thing. I tend to be quiet around people because you have so many different mindsets, you would not want to trigger anyones' bad side. If there is no one taking charge or if there is someone and he/ she doesnt know what to do, I'll help. And without realizing it, I'm not in charge. Its frustrating dealing with people of different minds because everyone will always see things different, and getting everyone on the same page can be quite brutal. I usually manage to get what is needed to get done just by having people do different jobs. And making sure they know, that they aren't the only ones doing a job that they may not like but has to be done because the input will effect everyones output.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, managing a team can be a difficult task. A team leader with members will be assigned to a specific task, and may not always work together in unison. The team leader should be the decision maker on how things are done, and who does what, but also allow for suggestions and advice from team members. Some individuals may have a difficult understanding of how things are done in certain matters that could lead to lack of output and work ethic by individuals. A possible fix to help cope with issues from working in teams could be a team leader periodically choosing someone to take role of team leader to see their view on how and what could make for a better situational outcome. Communication has proven to be very important in any circumstance. A team leader should always inform the team members properly on what needs to be done in completing a task.
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked at BOA we had to establish teams for a merger of another bank with ours. We hired temps to come in to key in account information from the other bank to our systems. I was one of 6 team leaders. We were responsible for 10 temps. Each morning we would meet to determine how much work needed to be done and divided it equally between each team leader. At the end of the day, we would calculate how much had been done and how much more we needed to do before the deadline. We would then report to our department manager. By us all working together, and keeping track of the goal, we were able to complete the merger with little only a little bit of work needing to be corrected. The accounts that needed to be corrected, the 6 of us divided among us and completed quickly and efficiently. Having a team that you can work and communicate with easily, always makes the work environment more positive which makes completing projects a lot easier and smoother.
ReplyDeleteBeing put on a team without an appointed leader can be trick. You could either be put in a team where no one wants to be a leader or in a team where everyone wants to be the leader. How to decide who will be leader without wasting time?
ReplyDeleteLuckily, I am the type of person that will be leader if needed, if being the key word. I will take on the responsibility and ask everyone for there opinion. If someone says I am good with your ideas but does not present any of his own I will assign them something to do to make sure that person has contributed in completing the project. If there is already a leader I will let that person lead and help out by giving ideas and doing what he says. If there is a person not doing work I always try to get him involved.but if they really don't want to get into it I will just let it be. It maybe wrong but sometime there is no time for that.
i believe teamwork is very important in the workplace.Its a great thing to have communication with your team so they can have a better understanding of the goal that the team face on a regular basis. A couple years back i was a Manager at a restaurant and we had to meet a certain sales percentage by the end of week. As a manager i gave my team a set time to get the work done but i told them if we reach that goal then i will give them 10 dollars each out of my check. If the team knows that there is a reward for the goal it will make them work for it harder. I am the type of person that loves to give back to my team so they can give me the same respect back. At that point i was looked at as a Leader from higher management.
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