What does teamwork look like where you work? Employees and management at NW Best Machine Shop believe that teamwork is whatever is required to get the job done. Without hesitation, the team continually work together to provide the quality products our customers have come to rely on from us and our management is constantly rolling up their sleeves to join in the effort to “get the job done”.
1. Achievement of Large Goals
Large goals that would be difficult or even impossible for a single person to complete can be accomplished in reasonable time by an efficient team. The machine as a whole will always get more done in a given period of time than one individual part of the machine could get done. Therefore, large goals can be completed by a team where an individual would fail.
2. Better Quality Output
The product an effective group puts out will almost always be more impressive than the product an individual could have created. A great team will combine different creative thoughts and ideas and share the workload so the final product is more powerful, more cohesive, and better thought out than what an individual could have produced in the same amount of time.
3. Improved Time Management
Teamwork encourages individuals to manage their time and be proficient in their individual tasks. What the individual does affects the team as a whole. If one person slacks it is felt by the rest of the group and peer pressure can help in keeping employees productive. Remember, there is no room for dead weight in a strong team. Every part of the machine must pull their weight and do their job or the entire team suffers.
4. Emotional and Workload Support
If one person is overworked and stressed, others in the team can assist and help pick up some of the work. One of the benefits of teamwork in an effective team is that individual employees feel supported rather than feeling everything gets dumped on them. The team works together to support and care for one another so collectively everyone succeeds. If one team member refuses to help someone else out, they are holding themselves back as well as the other person.
5. Individual Growth and Development
The skills of each team member will grow as they learn from others in the team. This is particularly true if you have a mix of skills and experience within the group.
6. Social Interaction
Pyschology tells us that humans are social creatures and that for most of us, relationships and socializing are important to our health and happiness. Benefits of teamwork therefore include the fact that team members get to know one another on a more personal level. They aren’t just strange faces in the office. This contributes to the ability to work together as well as overall well-being.
7. Clarity of Goals
When effective teamwork is happening, projects usually run more smoothly. Good teams communicate well and speak up if they feel goals and actions need clarifying. This leads to less confusion during the completion of a project since every team member is more likely to know what others are in charge of doing for more effective teamwork.