This document provides tips for being an effective team player and member. It discusses the importance of communication, support, performance, and motivation. Specifically, it recommends rewarding good behavior, being an attentive listener, having enthusiasm and optimism, giving constructive feedback, understanding learning levels and tools, showing interest in assignments, having patience and respect, providing clarity and expectations, building confidence through recognition, and leading by example.

1. TEAM PLAYER
HOW TO BE EFFECTIVE
“One of the hardest skills for a manager to learn is how to
build a team. One of the hardest skills for a manager to
teach is how to be a member of a team.” –
Randall Wright
Sharon Evans

2. Value of Communication
Positive Negative
– Reward Good Behavior – Talking at or down to
– Be an Attentive someone
Listener – Using Exaggerated
– Have Enthusiasm, Behavior
Optimism and Interest – Making Assumptions
– Be Open and – Poor Follow-up
Approachable – Using Words of
– Give Constructive Suspicion (“You”)
Feedback – Detachment
– Objective Views

3. Support
 Understand the learning levels and tools needed to
achieve goals through your team.
 Be Involved
 Show interest, understand the outcome of
assignment, give clear directives, allow team to have
open discussions
 Have patience and show respect
 Clarity, expectations, set goals, give timelines, clear
instructions, and review assignments.
 Follow through and follow-up
 Confidence and Integrity
 Build confidence by recognizing
accomplishments.
 Encourage success and commitment
 Support growth by training, identify
strengths.

4. Performance
Build Responsibility and Desire to be Accountable
Build opportunities for team to advance in career
Support staff by training and tools to maximize
performance levels
Communicate Clearly
Believe in Assigned Goals
Set measureable and fair goals

5. Motivation
Lead by example
Approach every
challenge as only an
unexpected
opportunity
Build support network
Realize employees
strengths and interests
Instill team vision
Recognition