Career Blog: Teamwork
When done right, teamwork motivates and aligns efforts toward a common goal. Teamwork provides the organization with a diversity of thought, creativity, perspectives, opportunities, and problem-solving approaches. Individuals can brainstorm collectively, which in turn increases their success to problem solve and arrive at solutions more efficiently and effectively. Sharing differing opinions and experiences strengthens accountability and can help make effective decisions faster, then when done alone.
Team effort increases output by having quick feedback and multiple sets of skills come into play to support your work. When applying teamwork strategies, you become more efficient and productive because it allows the workload to be shared and reduces the pressure on individuals. Goals can be attainable, and performance can be optimized.
Teamwork provides great learning opportunities. Individuals can expand their skill sets, discover fresh ideas from colleagues and gain more effective approaches and solutions towards the tasks at hand. This active engagement generates the innovative capacity to problem solve and create ideas more effectively and efficiently.
Finally, teamwork promotes synergy which creates a workplace environment based on fellowship, trust, support, respect, and cooperation. To learn more about teamwork, check out the Team Essentials program available through McMaster’s Centre for Continuing Education.
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