Team Work - Advantages and disadvantages of team work - Characteristic features of Successful Teams - Stages of the development of the team - Team roles - Challenges in the team working

1. TEAMWORK

2.  Teamwork implies a number of individuals striving towards
a common goal.

3.  Working in a team could prove to be an incredible learning
experience when there is a readiness among the members to
share information with one another .

4.  What is a Team?
A team can be defined as a group of people coming together
to achieve a particular goal.

5.  What is Teamwork?
Teamwork is nothing but a commitment shared between the working
process of the team to its end product.
 The interesting part here is that a team can be a group of individuals but
a group can never be a team.
The main reason why teams are formed is to achieve the goals or tasks
effectively, which an individual or a group of people fail to meet.

6. TYPES OF TEAMS:
There are mainly 3 types of teams.
Project teams:
It is also known as time-limited teams which are mainly
organized to complete tasks.
Standing teams:
It is also known as “intact teams” mainly responsible for
ongoing current organizational units.
Cross-functional teams:
They are formed to bring members from different departments
together .

7. WHAT MAKES A TEAM SUCCESSFUL?
1. A clear understanding of the team’s mission
2. Commitment towards the goals
3. Predefined roles and responsibilities
4. Proper decision-making process
5. Agreed upon ground rules
6.Productive group working process

8. FEW GOOD TEAMWORK SKILLS:
 Effective Communication
 Conflict management
 Delegating
 Framing key issues
 Taking up additional work during times of crisis

9.  Listening
 Leadership
 Monitoring progress
 Recognizing other’s achievements
 Respect
 Recognizing other’s achievements
 Setting and following deadlines
 Team building

10. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A TEAM?
 Problem-solving
 Participation in planning and developing strategies
 Effective decision making
 Work on performance evaluation and improvement

11. STEPS FOR WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM:
 Get an idea about the task
 Look for the skills needed
 Identify the people
 Hire the right people and in an order
 Managing should be a top priority.

12. STAR technique:
The term STAR can be better described as a technique for
analyzing problems through the 4 stages which are situation,
task, action and result.
Situation:
Explain the context or situation and details regarding when
and where the project was taken answers.

13.  Task:
Explain the projects mission and the task that you have taken up
Action:
Describe the action process which you have decided for the task
Result:
Finally the result of the action for that particular task completion.
Being Positive:
This is a very important trait that you need to have. When working in a team, you should always
carry a positive attitude and should not be having a negative attitude towards the team.
Always be honest and positive while giving

14. THE SKILLS HERE ARE GROUPED INTO TWO.
THEY ARE
1.Top Task-focused team skills :
Organizing and Planning Skills
Decision-Making skills
Problem-Solving skills
2.Top Process-Focused Team Skills:
Communication Skills
Ability to Build Rapport
Influencing Skills
Feedback Skills
Conflict resolution

15. ADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN A TEAM:
1. Division of Work
2. Shared responsibility when things go wrong
3. Gaining a new perspective
4. Improves communication skills
5. Development of leadership qualities
6. You get to play to your strengths

16. DISADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN A TEAM:
1. Indulging in the blame game when things go wrong.
2. Unequal involvement and participation of different
members.
3. Clash of ideas.
4. One team member’s desire to outshine the rest.
5. You might have to deal with an overbearing team leader.

17. THANK YOU