Dr. Engr. Md. Sakawat Ali
E-mail: sakawat_ali@yahoo.com
Teamwork is when many people work together. They work together to achieve goal. Teamwork helps people to understand others, build friendly friendships, and to get any job done the right way. Teamwork skills are the qualities and abilities that allow you to work well with others during conversations, projects, meetings or other collaborations. Having teamwork skills is dependent on your ability to communicate well, actively listen and be responsible and honest.
A teamwork environment promotes an atmosphere that fosters friendship and loyalty. These close-knit relationships motivate employees in parallel and align them to work harder, cooperate and be supportive of one another. Individuals possess diverse talents, weaknesses, communication skills, strengths, and habits.
Teamwork Soft Skills
- Accept Feedback
- Collaborative
- Cooperation
- Coordination
- Deal with Difficult Situations
- Disability Awareness
- Diversity Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence
- Idea Exchange
- Influential
- Intercultural Competence
- Interpersonal Relationships Skills
- Mediation
- Office Politics Management
- Personality Conflicts Management
- Respectfulness
- Sales Skills
- Self- AwarenessSocial Skills
1. Accept Feedback
Feedback should not be mistaken for criticism, and can be used to improve one's job performance. It is an important tool for continued learning that employees must be open to using so they can grow alongside the company they are with.
2. Collaborative
Collaborating with others involves working together toward a mutually beneficial goal. To successfully collaborate, you must engage enough with other people to make them want to work with you, and be willing to give as much effort as the others in the group.
3. Cooperation
Having cooperation is important when you are working with other people to achieve a common goal. Employers want to hire a team of people who will work together and empower each other rather than compete against each other.
4. Coordination
Coordination is a critical part of any successful business because it promotes efficiency and helps to ensure that people will work together when faced with obstacles. Being able to coordinate with others means that you can be a part of an integrated and working unit.
5. Deal with Difficult Situations
As an employee, you will likely be faced with difficult situations that can impact the well-being of the company. You have to know how to deal with these issues to protect your brand instead of allowing them to fester and lead to further problems.
6. Disability Awareness
One-third of people who are currently entering the workforce will become disabled by the time they retire. Having disability awareness means you can educate people about disabilities and teach others how to perform tasks related to disabilities. Not only is learning acceptance important, but businesses must also understand compliance with the ADA in order to differentiate between what is good practice and what isn't.
7. Diversity Awareness
Having diversity awareness helps you improve the effectiveness of any team that you are on and therefore promote its overall success. By recognizing the unique capabilities of each member of a team, you can capitalize on the individual differences with the goal of improving team success.
8. Emotional Intelligence
Decades of research show that emotional intelligence is what sets extremely successful people apart from others. Emotional intelligence is the intangible quality in people that affects one's behavior, personal competence, and social competence. The flexible skills that make up emotional intelligence set the foundation for critical working skills that you need for success.
9. Idea Exchange
When you are willing to exchange ideas with other people, new and better concepts can develop as you are exposed to opinions you never considered before. Just one brain can't think of every angle, so when people are willing to cooperate and share their ideas, they can work together to reach a larger goal.
10. Influential
To be successful, you likely have to be able to sell a product or idea to constituents, colleagues, or co-workers in some way. The ability to sway others to achieve your desired objectives is a top quality in a leader.
11. Intercultural Competence
Intercultural competence is a critical skill set to have in today’s diverse workplace, where you're likely to interact with people from different cultures than your own. Employers want to hire people who can work productively with others who have a different set of values, beliefs, and experiences.
12. Interpersonal Relationships Skills
This involves understanding other people's views and then incorporating them into your own ideas. Having relationships skills allows you to show that you value other people's opinions and you're open to accepting new concepts.
13. Mediation
Having the ability to mediate a situation with varying motives involved is an important soft skill. Finding a beneficial solution for all parties involved helps maintain a positive working relationship. To do this, you must uncover the most influential factors for each side.
14. Office Politics Management
Having political competence in the workplace is necessary for success because it helps you get recognized, manage interpersonal relationships, and know when and how to speak up. The more politically proficient you are, the better you will be able to fit in with any company.
15. Personality Conflicts Management
When you can manage personality conflicts, it means you have an ability to accurately sense what someone else is thinking or feeling, and then communicate that in a way to another employee to help avoid negative feelings. You are also able to voice your opinions and feelings to firmly yet delicately make a final decision and end the conflict.
16. Respectfulness
Disrespectful behavior in the workplace is common, but everyone wants to avoid being the target of it. In the face of disrespect, people often rebel or shut down. Having a respectful leadership style is contagious and can lead to improved employee collaboration and confidence.
17. Sales Skills
With sales skills, you can persuade other people to buy into a product or service, therefore making your company money. Sales skills require people and persuasion skills, which are both also highly sought after.
18. Self-Awareness
When you are self-aware, you recognize your strengths and weaknesses. Studies have shown that one of the main reasons startups fail is because they don't hire the right teams. Leaders need to have the necessary self-awareness to identify the skills they're lacking, and subsequently fill that knowledge gap with the people they hire.
19. Social Skills
Because relationships are important in business, your social skills need to be fine-tuned for success. Having proper social skills will allow you to have positive relationships that can benefit you and your company.
What are the qualities of good teamwork?
More often than not, effective teamwork is built on the following characteristics:
- Clear direction.
- Open and honest communication.
- Support risk taking and change.
- Defined roles.
- Mutually accountable.
- Communicate freely.
- Common goals.
- Encourage differences in opinions.
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