Question: What is a team?
Doug Answer: The managers 'know', have long recognized that real teams form an important function in what happens in the workplace. 'Real teams are groups of people who have real skills, experiences and judgments which all determine the performance. They will always be better than the same set of individuals operating in a non-team.
Question: What can a team to achieve otherwise?
Doug response: a team is more committed to achieving results, and can leverage their combined skills to succeed in ways that are beyond the groups that do not work together as a team. This is the idea that each team is responsible, which is the great step forward. It is a demanding test.
Question: What is the criterion "team"?
Answer Doug: Have you, in your workplace, said "The boss holds me accountable" or do you say: "We hold ourselves accountable." Unless you have the latter case, you do not have a team .
It is also the fact that, as a team, they created a clear commitment to a common purpose and performance goals.
Question: How can you build a team?
Answer Doug: When working outside the office, in a real challenge, the environment of these teams can demonstrate the effectiveness and quality with which they work. Better yet, if someone tries to do something that has no result was expected, nothing gets stuck in the office or workshop. No production line stops, nobody attends a meeting of a strike, nobody is in danger of losing their jobs. As a team, they are able to sit after work and explain why the outcome occurred and they may also begin to explore what they might have done differently and more effectively.
When a small group of people to challenge themselves to find a missing person on a hill or climbing wall 4m high, or in the workplace to reduce cycle time by 50%, their title respective employment, benefits and other insignia "blend into the landscape. What is important is that the team is evaluating how and what each individual in the team can best contribute to the overall objective. More importantly, they do in terms of understanding the performance target, rather than the status of an individual or personality. It is exactly the way that programs for team development, with specific objectives, have a leveling effect which is very conducive to conduct effective team.
Question: What would your top 5 tips for effective teamwork - both within and outside the office?
Doug reply:
1. Encourage open communication.
2. Establish an environment of trust.
3. Get a set of clear objectives.
4. Review the progress you make.
5. Encourage cooperation, and do not compete.
If you can get these five things - you can really build a great team, and could easily do my job!