Teamwork in the Workplace

                                                                       

                                         T –Together                                   

        E - Everyone 

       A – Achieves 

 M – More

Why is Teamwork Important at THE Workplace?

Here are just seven (7) Reasons:

1. Fast Learning
You tend to learn things at a faster rate, if you are working as a team. The experiences and knowledge of the older team members help you to grasp new concepts quickly. At the same time it proves to be an

added bonus for you as you avoid mistakes at work.

2. Workload Distribution
Working in a team has an advantage of the workload getting distributed among all the team members. With work properly distributed, you can concentrate on a single activity till the time you gain expertise in it and you do not feel stressed out due to work.

3. Building Bonds
Continuous interaction with the team members, working with them for the day, having your meals with them, sharing your joys and sorrows helps in building a strong bond between each other. In this way, you can even make friends for a lifetime.

4. Healthy Competition
Just think of a situation where people are competing with each other and trying to excel better than the other. At the same time they are helping and assisting each other in work-related as well as personal difficulties and problems. Wouldn't that be a great sight! Well this is possible when you work as a team, as everyone is emotionally bonded to each other.

5. Exploring Creativity
Suggestions and advice can help you in generating new ideas and bring out the creativity in you.

6. Job Satisfaction
Teamwork is one of the most important reasons for employee job satisfaction. This is because working in a team improves employee performance as well as makes the work enjoyable. This is also favorable to employee motivation.

7. Increased Speed of Work
With many people handling a single project and doing the assigned work properly, the overall work speed increases and your team can complete the project well within the given time frame.

Adopted from: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/teamwork-in-the-workplace.html by Ujwal  Deshmukh

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Self-Management in the Organization

Self-management in the work place is required by ALL individuals; yes even the ‘small man’. Be sure to use your initiative, and the knowledge and skills you are equipped with to make meaningful decisions rather than depend on your supervisor to tell you everything. Only then will you safe guard yourself from the scenarios outlined below.

            

5 Signs that Your Supervisor may be Unhappy with Your Work

It is important to recognize the subtle hints that your supervisor may be sending your way if he or she is not pleased with your performance. Be sure to rectify the issue before the dismissal slip arrives on your desk.

1. “It’s okay”
These two words are often used to subtly relieve you of your duties; your boss is in fact emitting vibes of dissatisfaction under a blanket of indulgent sympathy. These words may be followed by phrases such as “Mary will help or follow up” or “I think Jon can take it from here”.


2.  Selective relaying of messages
If ever you ever realize that you’ve been left out of the circle on important advancements in a project to which you have been assigned, you may want to consider whether your supervisor is demonstrating that he or she:

• Do not trust you enough with the big picture,
• Feel that your opinion on the project is unnecessary, and/or
• Believe that you are unable to handle the full workload and that further involvement would not be beneficial to you or the team.

3. Micromanaging your work
If your supervisor, only recently, begins to practice micromanaging (when a manager closely controls or observes the work of his or her subordinates), then there is need for concern because this signifies a dip in trust. Be sure to correct this matter of mistrust or a delayed reaction may result in (1), (2), or (4) or sadly you may hear “It was nice having you but…”


4. Allocate significantly less work than before
 This is probably one of the most obvious signs that your supervisor is severely displeased. By giving you seemingly unimportant and menial tasks as compared to the more crucial projects or assignments you used to handle, your supervisor has already lost faith in your work quality and is questioning your suitability for the job. Beware: this is often the last chance you have to prove yourself.


5. Putting you against a colleague of similar rank and/or experience
 Friendly competition is healthy. However, look out if your supervisor is repeatedly singing praises about your colleague in your ear shot. Although there might be some truth to those praises, the main purpose of spelling them out could be to challenge you to push beyond your current limits and possibly surpass your colleague’s performance.

Adopted from: http://community.jobscentral.com.sg/node/2090