The Need for Teamwork in the Workplace

Knowing the importance of the value of teamwork may assist HR in many ways like; presenting cases to the management on a variety of policy problems, ranging from learning and development to workplace culture.?

I’ll be highlighting the key factors of Teamwork in this article. The first one on the list is;

1.??????Learning – It’s no news that when you’re amid individuals who have the same set goal, you learn different things and methods of achieving a particular objective. Everyone tends to have an opinion, whether it suits you or not. Teammates freely bring up their different ideas and solutions on how a problem can be solved.

However, one thing is for sure – You learn, and sometimes, you unlearn from your teammates.

2.??????Healthy Competition – What happens when everyone on the team is strong and confident enough after learning from each other? Right! They start to compete for rewards, promotions, etc. Which of course, creates room for more improvements.

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3.??????Effective and Efficient Work – What is better than one? Two. Now, imagine having more than two persons in your team all striving collectively to complete a task. Division of labor is introduced. Difficult tasks can be split and teammates can work together to complete the tasks. During this process, as the team lead, you can easily find the best person in your team that suits a particular task and have the person do the job faster.

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4.??????Teams Self-Monitor – Imagine working alone and you start slacking, no one’s definitely coming to set you straight except the management. Now, imagine working with a group of people who have different responsibilities and depend on the quality of each other’s work to achieve the same objective. When you start being slow and ineffective, guess who will set you straight? Your teammates.

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5.??????Good Working Relationships - Finally, when employees collaborate and thrive as a team, they establish ties that can lead to mutual trust and respect. It's in human nature. It's also good for business?because employees who respect and trust one another are more likely to:

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·????????Effectively communicate with one another.

·????????Encourage and motivate one another.

·????????Collaboration is key.

So far, every successful organization has proven to value teamwork.