Team Work: United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Napoleon Hill once correctly said “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” A team can be referred to as a group of people with different skills and different tasks, who work together on a common goal. For success in an organization it’s important to think from teams prospective rather than walking alone and thinking about individual performance. Every employee is dependent on his fellow employees to work together and contribute efficiently in the organization. No employee can work alone; he has to take the help of his colleagues to accomplish the tasks efficiently. It has been observed that the outcome comes out to be far better when employees work in a team rather than individually as every individual can contribute in his best possible way. In organizations, individuals having a similar interest and specializations come together on a common platform and form a team.

Teamwork is "work done by several associates with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole". Team work lays a strong foundation of an enterprise. If the employees maintain a cohesive environment wherein goals of a team are directed towards a common aim, the organization is bound to be successful. A team manager must understand the strengths and weaknesses of his/her team correctly. A team leader must delegate the authority to motivate employee morale. Tasks are accomplished at a faster pace when it is done by a team rather than an individual. An individual will definitely take more time to perform if he/she is single handedly responsible for everything. When employees work together, they start helping each other and responsibilities are shared and thus it reduces the work load and work pressure. Every team member is assigned one or the other responsibility according to their specialization, level of interest and thus the output is much more efficient and faster. Work never suffers or takes a backseat in a team. 

Benefits of Team Work

Teamwork in the workplace offers the company and staff the ability to become more familiar with each other and learn how to work together. There are several ways in which teamwork is important and vital to the success of the company and towards the development of each employee. Understanding those important elements will assist in developing company policies geared toward encouraging team growth in the workplace.

• Better Problems solving
• Accomplishment of tasks faster
• Increases Healthy competition
• Develops and Improves Employee Relations
• Desired output as team aimed at single goal
• Increases coordination and mutual understanding
• Creates a cohesive environment
• Work Efficiency
• Increased Accountability
• Learning Opportunities

Cooperating together on various tasks reduces workloads for all employees by enabling them to share responsibilities or ideas. While sharing ideas or responsibilities, every employee should have a role that suits his specialization. A team leader should try to get the best out of each member according to their specialization. Team work is an important part of a working culture. Good team works enhance effective and efficient achievement of an organization's work. The most important thing about team work is that it enables individuals in the team to focus on one main objective. So, every organization should work towards promoting team work for a sustained success.

                                                                                   Guest Blogger: Gargi Sharma