What do you do if you're struggling to achieve success in a Functional Training career without teamwork?

2 Common obstacles to teamwork

Despite the benefits of teamwork, you may face some obstacles that prevent you from collaborating effectively with others. These may include a lack of communication, trust, diversity, or commitment. Poor communication can lead to misunderstandings, confusion, or conflicts. A lack of trust can cause insecurity, frustration, or resentment. Insufficient diversity can result in groupthink, stagnation, or boredom. Lastly, inadequate commitment can lead to low performance, poor quality, or high turnover.

3 How to overcome obstacles

To build and maintain a strong team, you need to adopt strategies that promote effective communication, trust, diversity, and commitment. You should communicate regularly and clearly with your teammates, listening actively and avoiding assumptions. You must trust your teammates to be competent, reliable, and honest. You should also embrace the diversity of your team, leveraging it to create new opportunities and celebrate inclusion. Finally, you need to commit to your team by aligning goals, values, and vision. Invest in the team by providing resources and expecting high standards of quality from yourself and others.

5 How to measure success

Measuring your success in your functional training career is essential, not only for yourself, but also for your team and network outcomes. To do this, you should set and track SMART goals for yourself and your team. Additionally, you should seek and give feedback to and from others, such as clients, peers, mentors, teammates, partners, and collaborators. Finally, you should celebrate and learn from both your successes and failures to ensure continued progress.

6 Here’s what else to consider

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