Interpersonal Skills - Teamwork

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Group I2Emalda Sumit Rahul

Saranathan Sailesh

Interpersonal Skills - Teamwork

TEAMWORK

Together Everyone Achieves More

When team members work together for the good of all, everyone achieves more.

Together Everyone Achieves More

Interpersonal Skills - Teamwork

Interpersonal Skills: Measure of a person's ability to operate within business organizations through social communication and interactions

Teamwork: Ability to interact professionally with others in the workplace, to engage effectively in teamwork.

Interpersonal Skills - TeamworkAdvantages:

Reduces conflicts Increases Participation Increases Productivity

• Assessment Methodology Cooperation Communication Work Ethic Leadership

Team Work - Cooperation

Cooperation in Teams

Cooperation leads to:

ProductivityTeam moraleA good working atmosphere

Why team members don’t cooperate?

Competition within the team

Even if all members of a group would benefit if all cooperate, individual self-interest may not favor cooperation

Salient features of cooperation

Cooperate rather than compete with team members.

Offer suggestions, opinions, and information to them willingly.

Tell them when they make mistakes.

Support group decisions even if you are not in total agreement.

Help team members improve skills, knowledge, and attitudes.

How to promote cooperation?

Role of the leaderGood leadership is when team

members cooperate with youExcellent leadership is when

team members cooperate with you and with one another

Team building games

Team work - Communication

Webster's Definition - It suggests that team work is a joint action, grounded in communicating through words and actions.

What needs to be said through words:Keeping people informedPresenting the issue/situation, i.e.,

honestyProviding information on timeEncouraging others to express their

opinions and ask questions.Recognizing a job well done

Communicating through cooperative behavior

Participate actively in the meetingsUnderstanding what is needed from

each otherBeing dependable by doing what you

agreed to doKeeping confidential information

confidentialShare constructive feedbackResolve for consensus

WORK ETHIC

Accepting responsibility for assigned work.

Completing any assigned tasks and doing so on-time.

Offering assistance to other team members, when appropriate.

LEADERSHIP

Are leaders born or made?Jack Welch, the celebrated leader of

General Electric, says, “People in leadership have to have so much energy and passion that they energize and impassion people around them.”

The Jim Hacker, MP, of Yes, Minister put the problem of leadership succinctly: 'The people have spoken. I am their leader. I must follow them'.

Leadership in team work

Mentoring

Decision Making

Delegation

Motivating others

Leadership in team workMentoring

Greg Chappell and Gary KirstenDecision Making

Taking suggestions from allDecision beneficial to all

DelegationMentor(Company)

Motivating others"What can we try now?" vs "That

should have worked better."

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