Teamwork Essay

As wisely quoted by Michael Jordon “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Katzenbach and D.K Smith through their articles explain us “ A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves accountable.” The word teamwork holds singularity but it is well diversified, teamwork exists everywhere whether it is an organization, healthcare, sports or even the nature. For instance, the doctors and nurses play a vital role in curing the patient but there are other several healthcare professional’s, semi-professionals staff, various other kinds of staff members, and even the relatives and friends are involved in

It is the teamwork, which pools in all the resources of individuals in a team to make the team strong. For instance, “whether in basketball, law or investment banking, individual star players can find it difficult to replicate their superior performance when they move from one team to another. It takes NBA basketball players an average of 21 games with a new team to recover their pre-transfer performance.”(Forbes) This tells us that performance of the star player lies behind the structure, and support is around him. Teamwork with ambitious, and desirable individuals can increase the efficiency of the

Real teams always find ways for each individual to contribute and thereby gain distinction. Indeed, when harnessed to a common team purpose and goals, our need to distinguish ourselves as individuals becomes a powerful engine for team performance.”(Wisdom of teams) Every team requires a leader, fosters the energy from every individual in the team and creates a balance between his leadership and teamwork. Team leaders try to build a strong

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• Keep the purpose, goals, and approach relevant and meaningful: “All teams must shape their own common purpose, performance goals and approach.”(Wisdom of teams) A team leader should have goals and purpose just like any other team member. “Teams expect their leader to use that perspective and distance to help the teams clarify and commit to their mission, goals, and approach.”(Wisdom of teams)

• Build commitment and confidence. It is necessary that team leaders build their confidence and trust among the other team members.

• Strengthen the mix and level of skills. Effective team leaders need to be clear about the skills required in the team as

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