Achieving Good Teamwork

As the manager for a team, it is your job to provide the resources and support that the members need to achieve success.

To help your teams perform to the best of their ability, create clear goals. All team members need to have a thorough understanding of the goals of the team and a belief that these goals embody a worthwhile result.

This encourages team members to sublimate personal concerns to those of the team. Members need to be committed to the team's goals, know what they are expected to accomplish, and understand how they will work together to achieve these goals.

However, these goals must be attainable; team members can lose morale if it seems that they are not. To avoid this, set smaller interim milestones in the pat to your overall goal. As these smaller goals are attained, your team's success is reinforced. Cohesiveness is increased, morale improves and confidence builds. As the manager for a team, it is your job to provide the resources and support that the members need to achieve success. Offer skills training where needed, either personally or by calling in specialists within your organization or outside training services.


ACTION POINT: Create clear goals with milestones along the way for your team to achieve.