Effective Teamwork

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Effective Teamwork This paper will explore some ways to effectively create and manage a team. There are many differing styles, so I will try and focus on the ones that I would chose personally; and match my style. With my style being eclectic, this is a pretty broad statement. I like to take, what I feel are the best ideas, and transform them into my own. I like to think that if given a team, I would be a great manager; being able to bring out the best is my workers. No matter what style you take on, you have to be ready to adapt at a moments notice. This paper will look at ideas and ways to accomplish this task. First we need to create a team. In doing so we need to think about what personalities and backgrounds will be a good fit. Of course this will differ with such things as: project, deadline, and available personnel. Should you get to chose your team, then you have control over the outcome, but you don’t always get to choose; so then what? This is where one of the instances of adaptation comes into play. Assuming that we do get to choose, the best team is one that is diverse and will bring new ideas to the table. Getting people that do not know each other well can also spark some very interesting work ideas. The comfort zone is removed and the team has to think outside the box. Since they do not know each other, each one can say and do things that they normally would not if surrounded by familiar co-workers. Once you have the team you want, and this may take several revisions of the original list of potentials that you created, then you have to make sure that you set up ground rules and roles for all the members of the team. As we learned this week in the assignments, if you do not then you team may fail to meet expectations, and goals; Leading to trouble for you, the client, and the company. Ground rules and roles help keep the team focused and on track by eliminating the ambiguity often associated with teams that have no real control structure. Setting this up right, and in the first place, will help keep conflict to a minimum. Later we will discuss getting to know the team, to help drive results, and get the best out of them no matte the situation that is being faced.

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