Thursday, October 16, 2008

What is a good team?

Professor Coopman commented on one of my blogs about teamwork that not only do we need to adapt to working in teams we need to be trained to work in teams. That reminded me of the six competencies of teamwork that were essential to high-quality team communication. When I was reading this list: interpersonal relationships, open discussions, trust, open to feedback, disciplined, and long and short term views, I thought about how before reading this list I did not formally know what qualities a good team should encompass. From experience I have learned what seems to work well in a team and what does not work. In reviewing this list everything that I have experienced as a strong team was put into words.

1 comment:

Mansoor said...

To work in a team is undoubtedly one of the biggest factors in the success of a project or task. Of course many critiques have come up with many theories and points beneficial in working as a team, But still sometimes while working in real life we fail to categorize our actions, hence ending up in a conflict or an unhappy team. In my observation, the major reason of success of a team hides in the successful communication between the team members and if some harmony and understanding exists among them, the team successfully accomplishes any given task. In many of my projects I have seen that if we confine ourself to ourself regarding a task, we may be able to do that very well, but in many the cases, it was not compatible with what other team members were doing. So yes, creating a good team can help reduce many possible difficulties in a project.