This unit focuses on developing skills for effective teamwork. It discusses key qualities of a strong team member, including communication skills, reliability, and understanding different roles and perspectives. Participants complete activities to assess their own strengths and areas for improvement as a team member, identify with different roles identified in Belbin's Team Role Theory, and generate tips for cooperation and communication within a team. The goal is for participants to learn how to contribute positively to team outcomes and dynamics.

1. Unit 4 Teamwork

2. Welcome to the Unit 4!
In this part of the training, you’ll answer the following
questions:
• What qualities do I have as a member of a team?
• What is my role in a team?
• How to cooperate in a team?
• How to communicate with other team members?

3. Key concepts
1. Characteristics of an effective team member
2. Belbin’s Team Role Theories
3. Principles of cooperation in a team
4. Team communication

4. A perfect member of a team
• takes responsibility for the team’s activities
• willingly helps others and cooperates with them
• has good communication skills
• understands the tasks
• builds positive relations
• is interested in and cares about self-development
• is tolerant and open to diversity
• is reliable, dedicated and loyal
• puts trust in the team and the leader
• can resolve conflicts
• has a pertinent self-esteem
• expresses a healthy criticism and constructive feedback
• has analytical skills
• tries to and can understand the others

5. Activity 1
Asses to what extent you possess the qualities of a perfect team member that
are listed in the previous slide of the presentation.
Use the scale: 1-10, where 1 implies a very low level of a given quality
and 10 a very high level.
Write down the conclusions from your analysis.
What do I want to change about myself in order to function better in a team?
Does my disability affect my functioning in a team? If so, how does it affect it?

6. Belbin’s Team Roles
Belbin’s Team
Roles
1.The Monitor
Evaluator
1.The
Specialist
1.The Plant
1.The Shaper
1.The
Implementer
1.The
Completer/
Finisher
1.The
Coordinator
1.The Team
Worker
1.The
Resource
Investigator

7. Activity 2
Watch a video about Belbin’s Team Roles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miiy2OYbap0
Read more about it:
https://www.belbin.com/about/belbin-team-roles
Think about which role/roles is/are the closest to you?

8. Principles of cooperation in a team:
• A good communication
• An effective division of responsibilities
• Defined objectives
• Conscientious performance of the assigned tasks
• Friendly atmosphere
Source: https://www.tygodnikprzeglad.pl/5-zasad-udanej-pracy-zespolowej/

9. Activity 3
Search the Internet to find team cooperation principles.
Compile a list of such principles with practical guidelines on how to apply
them in a team.
What can you do to be a part of a team?

10. Communication
Communication
Verbal communication
- what we express through
words
Non-verbal communication
- what we express through
gestures, tone of voice, facial
expressions, body posture

11. Communication in a team
Communication
should be:
Direct
- directed to the person and
concerning a specific matter.
You cannot assume that other
people know what you think, feel
and need!
Immediate
- expressing emotions and
thoughts „here and now”.
Clear
- a complete and precise
reflection of my thoughts,
feelings, needs and
observations.
Honest
Supporting

12. Activity 4
Watch a video about communicating in remote teams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRG_8xjPK2E
Watch a video about workplace communication:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaH4xfodN3w
Analyse your way of communicating with others.
Write down the conclusions from your analysis.

13. Activity 5
As a summary of this unit, make a list of at least 10 tips for effective team
cooperation.
Finish the sentence:
When working in a team I will remember about………….

14. Further reading
Belbin Team Role Theories
https://www.businesscoaching.co.uk/files/belbin_team_role_theories.pdf
The 9 Eternal Rules of Teamwork https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-9-
eternal-rules-of-teamwork/
How to Improve Team Communication: The Ultimate Guide
https://fleep.io/blog/how-to-improve-team-communication/

15. References
Belbin, M. (2008). Twoja rola w zespole (Team Roles at Work), Gdańsk:
Gdańskie Wydawnictwa Psychologiczne.
5 zasad udanej pracy zespołowej (5 principles of effective team work) -
https://www.tygodnikprzeglad.pl/5-zasad-udanej-pracy-zespolowej/