Teamwork and Collaboration

Teamwork in Classrooms

-1st step in preparing students for cooperation in the workforce -promotes open discussions among students, encouraging differences in opinion

Emotional Intelligence

-ability to understand "ones own and others emotions and the ability to use this info as a guide to thinking behavior" -allows individuals to use their understanding of others to choose how to think and act -accurately perceive emotions in themselves and others -people with high EI understand emotional language and signals and are self aware -manage emotions to obtain certain goals -people with high EI know how to keep calm in crisis and help others do the same -sought after in team members -contributes to stronger leadership skills and effective communication

Collaboration

-act of working effectively with others to achieve common goal -essential for team to be successful -built on trust

Teams

-are multidisciplinary

Overcoming Teamwork Obstacles

-being prepared -creating activities to engage team members -knowing team members strengths, weaknesses and leadership styles

Teamwork

-cooperative action of group of people in order to achieve a goal -often a crucial part of business, often necessary for colleagues to work together -involves people cooperating with each other, using individual skills and providing constructive feedback, despite any personal conflict

Successfully Managing a Team

-have a plan -know team roles -communication -organization -manage risks -reviewing meetings

Transformational Leadership

-leader is a visionary and appeals to teams ideals and values

Advantages of Teamwork

-provides wide variety of talents which can be used to accomplish task -generates more ideas for solutions and options to solve problems -improves communication skills

Teamwork in Workplaces

-requires work and team roles to be clearly recognized

Transnational Leadership

-when leader rewards work or punishes members for not doing work