Trust in the Workforce
A safe environment is vital for a team to collaborate efficiently and effectively. The members of a team must feel safe and comfortable speaking openly among each other, accepting each other’s opinions and views, taking all things into consideration. The team must understand that they are one in purpose. Every individual and every team plays a vital role to success.
Katz and Miller (2013), outline four key elements to better teamwork. As members in a team become comfortable with being uncomfortable, listen as an ally to each other, clearly state their intent, and understand from each other’s perspective, teamwork will improve. Motivation behind a team is essential to success. Jia and Liden (2013) help the audience understand the idea of prosocial motivation – a sense of obligatory motivation, and its importance in keeping a team task-driven. Teams now, more than ever before, are vastly more diverse, dispersed, digital, and dynamic; the path to proper team collaboration has not altered (Haas and Mortensen, 2016). Qualities such as: having compelling direction in a project, a team with a wide array of strengths, and support from each other leads to proper team collaboration. Being in an open, empathetic environment has proven to help enhance the communication of a team (Duhigg, 2017). Members of a team receive a better sense of safety, therefore, feel more comfortable sharing their ideas with their team. The communication in a team isn’t just necessary for work and school, but in everyday life. It’s important on a sports team, a club, or other organizations. The best teams communicate, trust, and express different ideas with each other (Larson, 2017).
Trusting each other, especially in the workforce can lead to success. Better communication can occur due to the feeling of being in a safe environment where ideas can be expressed freely without judgment. A simple act of trust within members of a team can alter the ability to work well and efficiently together.
References
Duhigg, C. (2016, February 25). What Google learned from its quest to build the perfect team. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-leared-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfet-team.html?_r=2
Haas, M., & Mortensen, M. (2016). The secrets of great teamwork. Harvard Business Review, 94(6), 70-76. Retrieved from Business Source Premier
Jai, H., & Liden, R.C. (2015). Making a difference in the teamwork: Linking team prosocial motivation to team processes and effectiveness. Academy of Management Journal, 58(4), 1102-1127. Doi:10.5465/amj.2012.1142
Katz J, Miller F. (2013). Opening Doors To Teamwork And Collaboration: 4 Keys That Change Everything [e-book]. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
Larson, G. (May 20, 2017). Why business leaders are demanding teamwork. Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gloria-larson/why-business-leaders-are-_b_10027558.html