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Teamwork is no accident.
Build a company culture rich in teamwork by getting your employees talking about today.
Introduction:
If you want teamwork to become a cornerstone of your company’s culture, the first step is to get your employees talking about it. Use this competency description to structure your employee conversations.
Employee Descriptors:
“An employee who excels at team-building…”
- Builds productive work relationships among teams and across teams.
- Aligns coworkers to shared goals and creates opportunities for teamwork.
- Remains cooperative, and exhibits a “team player” attitude.
- Grows a trusted network throughout the organization.
- Works well with others to solve challenges.
- Manages conflict effectively.
- Promotes cooperation among diverse members of the team.
- Seeks opportunities to collaborate with others.
- Enables cross-organizational, multiple stakeholder initiatives.
- Collaborates effectively with stakeholders in and outside the team.
- Approaches challenges constructively.
- Acts on opportunities to work with people across the organization.
- Proactively helps team members meet challenges both within and outside of the workgroup.
- Shares recognition for successes (i.e., gives credit where credit is due).
- Looks for and offers feedback on how people could work most effectively together.
- Encourages open discussions of opportunities to enhance products and services.
- Maintains a friendly attitude.
- Coaches people when warranted.
- Recognizes conflicting priorities and initiates problem solving to find effective solutions.
Discussion Questions:
- What makes a good team member?
- When was the last time your team faced a challenge or disagreement. How was it resolved?
- How would you describe your team’s communication style? If you could would you opt for a more frank, a more diplomatic, or a more polite means of discussion?
- In what ways do your team members contribute to teamwork? In what ways do they inhibit it?
- Can you remember a time when your team really worked well together? What contributed to your effectiveness?
- Has there ever been a time when your team has fallen short of success? What contributed to the challenge and what could have been differently?
