1. Self Management Project MGT 494 Lecture-3 1

2. Recap Manage Your Work, Don't Let It Manage You: Tips for Managing Your Time and Getting Ahead Key’s Questions for improved Self Management 2

3. Avoid Overload Include time for rest, relaxation, sleep, eating, exercise, and socializing in your schedule. Take short breaks during study and work periods. Don't put everything off until the last minute (for example, don't cram for exams). Learn to say "no" when appropriate and to negotiate better deadlines when appropriate. 3

4. Have a Vision (why are you doing all of this?) Don't forget the "big picture" - why are you doing the task - is it important to your long-term personal goals? Have and follow a personal mission statement (personal and career). (Are your activities ultimately helping you achieve your goals?) Know what is important to you. (What do you value most?) Have a positive attitude! 4

5. Today’s Lecture Why is Teamwork Important? Principle of Teamwork 5

6. Team Work Creates synergy – where the sum is greater than the parts. Supports a more empowered way of working, removing constraints which may prevent someone doing their job properly. Promotes flatter and leaner structures, with less hierarchy. Encourages multi-disciplinary work where teams cut across organizational divides. 6

7. Team Work Fosters flexibility and responsiveness, especially the ability to respond to change. Pleases customers who like working with good teams (sometimes the customer may be part of the team). Promotes the sense of achievement, equity and camaraderie, essential for a motivated workplace. When managed properly, teamwork is a better way to work! 7

8. Tools Setting direction and sharing your vision Establishing team goals Aligning individuals to team goals Setting SMART goals Defining teamwork workshop activity Determining the benefits of teamwork workshop activity Checklist for leading a team activity Guide to achieving synergy Team performance assessment 8

9. Achieve Goal Faster Teamwork in the workplace helps in achieving the common objective in less time. When there is a problem, if all the team members are involved, finding a solution to the problem is done in minimal amount of time. With the ideas given, drawing an action plan and assigning people to different tasks takes place faster. 9

10. Creativity When there is teamwork involved, one can see that there is more scope for creativity. Since there are going to team members around, creative ideas can evolve out of the interaction. Often little bits of advice from colleagues may help a team member to come up with far more new ideas, than he would if he had to go about the problem all by himself. 10

11. Better Learning Curve Promoting teamwork in the workplace is often recommended as one can see a better learning curve. There are a number of people in the team. Knowingly or unknowingly the team members continue to learn from each others knowledge and thereby enhance their own knowledge, skills and capabilities, which goes a long way in enhancing the work abilities of a person. 11

12. Enhanced Communication When people work in a team, they have to communicate with each other. It is with communication that ideas are passed on from one member of the team to another. This ensures there is no place for miscommunication or misunderstanding. 12

13. Equal Distribution of Work Since a team is committed towards a goal, all the members of the team are delegated a chunk of work. This ensures all the members of the team work towards the common goal and only a few members are not burdened with work and responsibility of finishing the work. 13

14. Personal Accountability Although the teamwork skills in the workplace are put to test, when one works in a team, it also helps to increase personal accountability. Every individual has targets set for himself for which he, and he alone, is responsible. When each of the members reaches his individual goal, the organizational goal can be achieved faster. It is this accountability, which eventually helps in achieving the larger goal set forward by the organization. 14

15. Conflict Resolution With the different teamwork activities for workplace, people form a bond among themselves. Therefore, in case of a conflict, it is rather easier to clear the air. Other than the interpersonal conflicts within the group, the conflicts in finishing the tasks assigned can also be resolved with help from the team members. 15

16. Teamwork Principles One of the first principles of an effective teamwork is that while a team is formed, there should be a clarity as to what the team wants to achieve. It is important that you view the team as an entity and have clearly articulated goals in place. In the absence of an objective, the team members may not be able to understand their responsibilities, which can cause ambiguity. 16

17. The team members should be willing to learn from each other. There may be some members who may be excellent with the process, while some may require some time and guidance, so it is essential that there is a willingness to teach and learn new ideas. Team members should not be hesitant in seeking help from the senior members of the team and the senior members, should in turn step forward to help the new members. 17

18. Teamwork Principles There should be a two-way communication among team members about the roles that they are assigned, so that there is an understanding and appreciation of the effort put in by everyone. This is very essential as it has seen that a lot of times when things do not work as planned, members engage in a blame-game. If members are aware about the challenges involved in carrying out a task, they are more likely to appreciate each other for their efforts. 18

19. While some control over a team is necessary, it is important that the team is given a certain amount of flexibility in carrying out their tasks. Too much of interference can affect the efficiency of a team and dampen the morale of the members. One of the most important principles of effective teamwork is effective communication. Communicating effectively means that information is shared among all the members of the team so that rumor-mongers are kept at bay. Involving all your team members in a discussion on effective business strategy helps in making the team members feel a valuable part of the organization. Effective communication also calls for discussing matters of importance openly so that everybody is on the same page. 19

20. Teamwork Principles There should be an initiative to reward and recognize team and its members who have performed exemplary and helped the team in achieving its targets. This will encourage others to follow suit and act as a boost to people who genuinely believe in the values of teamwork and team- spirit. Last but not the least, there should be a healthy competition among team members to outperform each other. In the absence of a competition, the job may cease to become interesting and monotony can creep in, which again can be detrimental to a team. So, it is important that the team members are provided with enough opportunities to grow in their professional lives. 20

21. Summary Why is Teamwork Important? Principle of Teamwork 21