It is easy to set up a team…
You take a bunch of people, put them in a room, give them a simple task and tell them to crack on with it.
Setting up a team is easy.
But teamwork is a different matter
Teamwork needs:
- An understanding of strengths
- An admission of weaknesses
- Openness and honesty
- Common values and goals
- Clarity of roles
- Trust
Getting teamwork is hard work.
And remember…
There is no I in team
Yes I know that is so cutesy it makes you feel sick, it does the same for me, but you take the point.
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Hi James,
– pretty hard to argue with any of the basic suggestions on forming a Team. If someone is struggling with this, I know an excellent book which might help remove roadblocks and assist in forming a good team:
book: The Spirit of Kaizen: Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time by Robert Maurer — available at Amazon and probably Chapters/Indigo.
Teams will not solve all problems in the workplace but forming a team is often a good first attempt.
Thanks very much for the tip Joey, I will have a look
James,
Great post as always. Do you think one additional attribute of teamwork is that there’s a leader?
Annette :-)
BTW, in case you didn’t see it, I’ll email you something to counter the “there’s no ‘I’ in team” saying. Stay tuned. :-)
The e-mail was priceless Annette, thank you