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This Effective Teamwork Guide will take you through an in depth step by step process of how to portray Effective Teamwork within your team while also defining what Effective Teamwork is. To make it easier, we would firstly like to introduce ourselves so you can become familiar of our team.

Meet Georgia...
I am a First Year Undergraduate student currently studying Entrepreneurial Business Management at Northumbria University, along side Renee and Poppy. I portray myself to show teamworking attributes due to my many years of experience in retail and hospitality. Studying at University has also encouraged me to gain many teamwork skills including the ability to communicate efficiently amongst others on the course. This is predominantly because we regularly share our ideas and thoughts regarding our business plans and our peers, including tutors, offer valuable feedback for each individual to use to make progress.

Meet Renee...
I am reliable, hardworking and conscientious. I have a positive outlook on life and love to get involved and learn new skills. I enjoy being part of a team and really understand the strong need for team work in order to build strong foundations that allow for a solid development through any path.

Meet Poppy...
I am a 19 year old university student studying Entrepreneurial Business Management. I pride myself on my optimism and positive outlook, which I love to implement when working with others in a team. I feel as though when working in a group of people it is important to try and motivate each other to do their absolute best and try and grow from experiences!

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The Aims of this Guide is to allow you to further understand and thus gain a more in-depth understanding of the importance of team work and the ways in which the right approach and understanding can make a big difference in bringing your team together.

The Objectives of this guide is that you will leave knowing the necessary steps to take to better your team work skills, and action positive team work.

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What is Team culture?
Team culture is based on the attitudes, morals, values and behaviours of a team working together with the same end goal insight.

Why is it important?
Team culture is important in the sense that it allows for the ground rules of any projects to be set. For example, if you have clear set values for the task ahead it makes it easier to stay on track, knowing your boundaries. In addition to this it also sets the pace for work, if you have had issues with not everyone in your team puling their weight then perhaps you have not established your team culture in the best way.

How do you create it?
-Make teamwork one of your core values
-Assign serious team goals
-Encourage informal events to help strengthen relationship between team members
-Provide team resources
-Listen to team feedback

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Team Leadership is ultimately the foundation which is set to create an environment where ideas can develop through an individual. Being a team leader gives a person the authority to make decisions and empower their team to make judgements based on what they think is right. As a team Leader, some things you should consider are:

Ensuring there is continuous feedback which is booth clear and concise to the rest of the team

Allocating specific role plans for each member so work is even and is also willing to share credibility for the teams success

Being available to assist

Being a catalyst in creating an environment based on trust and openness

Identify team goals which are compatible across the entire team

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Conflict within a team is not always considered a bad thing. In fact, in most cases team conflict will result in trust being built amongst team members as well becoming more considerate of others which could potentially build friendships and stronger connections.

Ursiny (2003) mentions how there are in fact benefits to team conflict, that including that it creates improved relationships, enhanced confidence, and greater esteem.

When conflict within your team arises, it is important to take specific actions to resolve the matter maturely and efficiently. For example, some steps in which you could take to deal with team conflict are:

Address the problem at hand.

Listen to your peers opinions and thoughts.

Voice your own opinion in a civilised manner.

Come to a mutual decision by putting thoughts and ideas forward.

Give effective and valuable feedback to peers.

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Why does trust within your team matter?
Googles study on what makes their teams successful found that the number one factor for team success is psychological safety. The reasoning for this is that with high levels of trust comes a comfortable atmosphere where your team members will feel safe to speak up, ask questions, or make suggestions without fear of retribution or concern that their comments might damage their relationships or reputation.

Encourages Creativity
This comfortable relationship encourages creativity and brain storming with your team members feeling more comfortable to share their ideas with you, causing for better refinement of your idea or project.

Boosts Morale
When you have a greater trust in your team then you naturally have more fun. The entire concept of a team is being able to depend on each other and working in a low trust environment is a complete drag while working in a high trust environment can feel like a real high.

Creates Goodwill
The way we receive the message is dependent on our underlying relationship with them and our level of trust in that relationship. Without trust, we’re much more likely to “clap back” and allow the message to snowball into a conflict, but trust creates a shield of goodwill that allows us to view their comments through a different, more well intentioned lens.

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Defining effective Teamwork and how to create Effective Teamwork 

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Defining effective Teamwork and how to create Effective Teamwork 

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In order to fully understand the aims and objectives of this Effective Teamwork  Guide, It is important you are aware of what Effective Teamwork is.

According to West (2012) effective teamwork ultimately consists of five main components.

Task effectiveness

Team member well-being

Team viability

Team innovation

Inter-Team cooperation

For example, he states how Task effectiveness is the extent to which the team is successful in performing task relating objectives.

Team member well -being refers to factors such as the mental health and strength, as well as the progress and advancement of team participants.

Another element is team viability which is the probability that a team will continue to work collectively and perform successfully over a duration of time.

Team innovation is the degree to which the group grows and applies new and improved processes, products, and procedures.

Finally, Inter-team cooperation is the success of the team in working with other players in the company with which it has to work to deliver products or a service.

Along side these factors, effective teamwork is also the ability to portray positive and supportive attitudes towards each team member. Conveying effective teamwork means to show the ability to work collectively, where this may involve conflict but to ultimately overcome hurdles that a team may encounter. Good communication skills should be a priority within an effective team so that challenges can be addressed and rectified correctly.

Please find steps to take in order to achieve effective Teamwork:

1. Recognise the groups goal and objectives, short and long term.

2. Having set a clear goal, acknowledge each individuals abilities and attributes.

3. Accommodate roles suitably, for example, you can address the Belbin's Team roles to team members so the work is distributed equally.

4. Monitor Team efforts regularly and give both positive and criticizing feedback so ideas can develop.

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Team Formation: The creation of a team, who are learning about each other and setting group goals.
Team Composition: The variety of attributes which a team offers in order to complement each other while trying to reach their main objective.

To begin to work on forming an effective team, it's members should identify a common purpose which motivates and relates to each of them. This should then allow the team to feel connected to each other as they all share the same goal.

As the team begins to do this, it's members will get their own impressions of the other individuals and gather their own information. This is a key part of the formation stage as the team members begin to try and bond by figuring each other out.

Conflict is often avoiding at this stage as human nature often leaves people wanting to feel accepted by others. This could lead to members not being fully open with the team, which is a crucial part of expressing the skills which you can offer to the team. Without this, the team may find it extremely difficult to correctly complement team member's skills with one another's, as they may be unsure as to what they really are.

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When working in any team, there will be endless decisions which will have to be discussed and agreed on. Having a mix of complementary skills come together to make decisions is one of the benefits of working in a team, but it is vital that the decision making process is carried out effectively.

Brainstorm ideas together with no judgement.

Nominal Group Technique- After brainstorming, each team member should place a vote and give their justification as to why they think that idea is the best choice for the team.

Delphi Technique- If struggling to agree on an answer when regarding a major decision as a team, the team leader should compile all the brainstormed ideas and dissolve them into smaller possibilities. This should make it easier for the team members to decide on their decision.

Pros and cons list. This allows all obvious factors to be laid next to each other for comparison with the whole team.

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Before every meeting you have with your team, allocate 10 minutes of general discussion to see how each member of your team is doing. This will show your team that, yes, you are interested in the work, but you are also interested in the well-being ad getting to know your team. This will help strengthen relationships with everyone in your team and makes the idea of a meeting less daunting.

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Creativity is essential when working within a team as it allows the group to grow and develop further, so it is very key.

Keep things interesting! If everyone enjoys what they are doing, they're much more likely to be more creative and spread this energy to the rest of the team too.

Encourage communication. Team members should feel fully comfortable voicing their thoughts and opinions so their creativity can flow naturally.

Guided brainstorm sessions. Have dedicated time for team members to express themselves and ideas that they have on their mind.

Keep things diverse. Switch things up within the team to keep everyone stimulated by avoiding things getting boring.