Walking the Teamwork Tightrope

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Walking the Teamwork Tightwork

Summary

One of most favored management model is teamwork . Every management consulting system is basically a refinement of the connective tissue of the team - getting different parts of the company to communicate coordinate and cross-pollinate

However , the issue about teamwork is that what matters is the end result whatever contribution each member exerted towards the product . In teamwork , every member shares the credit but not always the workload The question , therefore , is where to draw the line between self

and the group . Four factors need to be considered

Is it reciprocal ? Support should be two-way . If you help out now , make sure that he helps you out the next time it 's your turn to seek assistance

Is it occasional ? Occasional support is reasonable but regular assistance is already doing her job for her

Is it significant ? Quality is desirable , but not central to every aspect of your job . There are some instances where someone else 's excellence is essential to your success

Is it advantageous ? Don 't pick up someone else 's slack

Look out for yourself , but be a team player . Here 's how to walk the line

Do not complain . Nobody likes a tattletale

Make constructive suggestions

See that you shine

Don 't keep score . Be generous and committed at the same time

Personal Analysis

There are two extreme personalities that make teamwork hard to work yet are constantly present in most teams : the overzealous control freak and the lazy bone that doesn 't care for the team or the project to be accomplished as long as something is submitted on the article is ideally for the person who is neither of the two types . It advises the reader to stay in the middle to not take the burden of all the tasks required to complete the project and at the same time , not to be a passive member who couldn 't care less about the other members or the project . No advices such as those in the article , however , would get the lazy to work . He needs threats or other stronger interventions . On the other hand , the article could be a cautionary piece for the control freak to check himself from assuming all the tasks and defeating the essence of teamwork , however good the end product would be . It is not worth submitting a perfect work when it has only been done by one or two members of a group of more than this number

The article is a good read for any group leader . Every group should have a leader who is neither of the two personalities mentioned earlier The leader 's task is to achieve a balance when assigning tasks to accomplish a project . He should ensure that the essence of teamwork working together with each member contributing , is carried out even if the end product is not as good as when it have been done by one person only

Finally , the tips in the article...