Teamwork and Self Representation Skills Team Work Team

Teamwork and Self. Representation Skills

Team Work • Team work is the combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient. • Effective team work is important because it makes an assignment easier and more enjoyable for all team members. • Team work allow all members to bring their individual strengths to a group. • All members of a team can learn new things from each other as well as teach other new ideas.

Result Of Effective Team Work • Fosters Creativity and Learning • Blends Complementary Strengths • Builds Trust • Teaches Conflict Resolution Skills (Learn about tomorrow) • Promotes a Wider Sense of Ownership • Encourages Healthy Risk-Taking

Acting as a Team Player • Play their positions/job well • Give positive energy to the team • Put team goals ahead of their own • Ask for help during hectic periods • Be trustworthy and help create a climate of trust • Help new players/employees adjust successfully • Handle emergencies smoothly and effectively

Self-Representative Skills • Self-Representative Skills (How you present yourself) means skills a person that represent himself in a professional and respectable manner. • Dressing appropriately (i. e. , adhering to professional rather than personal standards, following dress code) • Maintaining personal hygiene • Using language and manners suitable for the workplace (i. e. , adhering to respectful, polite, and professional practices).

Self-Confidence • Self-Confidence - A feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgment. • Realistic confidence in one's own judgment, ability, power, etc. • Understand your capabilities as well as trust and believe in your training and knowledge about your career. • Do not be over confident. This may lead to people thinking you are arrogant, big headed, or a jerk. • Do not down other people’s abilities to build your confidence.

Positive Attitude • A positive attitude doesn't mean ignoring life's troubles. Positive attitude means being an optimist and looking for the good in things, rather than being a pessimist and concentrating on the bad in things. Sometimes your perspective can make all the difference in the world. • A negative attitude in the workplace creates an atmosphere of distrust among employees and causes employees to attempt to achieve success at the expense of each other. In a workplace with a positive attitude, competition is seen as a motivator that inspires employees to perform at their best to improve productivity.

Benefits of a Positive Attitude • Creates a positive environment. • Helps to Achieve Goals and Career success. • Stress reduction and management. • Better health. • Less sick days. • Increases productivity levels. • Produces more energy. • Improves customer relations.

Good Communication Skills • Workplace communication is very important to companies because it allows companies to be productive and operate effectively. Employees can experience an increase in morale, productivity and commitment if they are able to communicate up and down the communication chain in an organization. • Nonverbal Communication. (Your body language, eye contact, hand gestures, and tone all color the message you are trying to convey). • Clarity and Concision. • Friendliness. • Confidence. • Empathy. • Open-Mindedness. • Respect.