Good Teamwork ?

kirk. · 31-12-2021 10:55pm #1

Hi what are the fundamentals of good team work

Starting a job where teamwork is a big part of it want to make sure it goes well

I'm more used to dealing with customers on a personal level with no real teamwork involved , just looking for basic pointers to get it right

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:04pm

Are you management?

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:05pm

Also your peers maybe considered customers.

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:11pm

No just employee working as part of a team

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:12pm

Retail environment some interaction with customers

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:19pm

So you never had to deal with suppliers, asking colleagues to help you out with queries, awkward customers who needed to be passed on to supervisors, stockroom...if answer to one or more of the above is yes...you've been doing teamwork.

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:20pm

Never worked in retail

Sole trader construction background why I'm asking

Totally new environment

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:29pm

No idea of construction except for breaking things in my own house. Probably deconstruction .

Alot of jobs have transferable skills. Did you ever have to give a dig out to a subby to get the job done, did you ever have to help lift something heavy one person couldn't do by themselves.

Ever play team sports?

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:33pm

I'd class those more as giving someone a hand rather than teamwork

Anyway we shall see

The sports I thought of that but haven't played team stuff

PCeeeee · 31-12-2021 11:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118398284#Comment_118398284

Giving someone a hand is (imo) the definition of teamwork.

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:37pm

It's teamwork.

Hey kirk, do you mind helping me with yadayada. Would you say no?

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:38pm

Say the sports example

You give a lift to an injured player on the opposing team

Is that teamwork if you're on opposite teams ?

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:40pm

That's being a nice guy and taking sports ethic seriously.

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:42pm

You're already a "team player". But most importantly in retail is you have customer experience. You have no idea how important that is if you're good at it.

kirk. · 31-12-2021 11:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118398316#Comment_118398316

It is

Maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing .

Not sure I'm used to this level of interaction with management and staff all day when I start

gameoverdude · 31-12-2021 11:46pm

Nervous/excited is good in a new job. You'll learn a lot. But, really importantly is you can give a lot as well from previous experience.

Jim2007 · 01-01-2022 12:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058225239/good-teamwork

There is not a lot to it, but it is amazing how many people can’t get it right….. the first part is the usual good manners stuff and beyond that it’s a case of working for the benefit of the whole team. That means:

Doing a good job of the tasks assigned to you, so that people can rely on you to do a good job
When you find you have spare capacity offer to help others on the team with their tasks if you see them struggling
If you have free capacity let your team lead know so they can assign new tasks
Respond to your team mates requests for help in a timely manner

If you are respectful, reliable and helpful you will be a good team member.

kirk. · 01-01-2022 12:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118398557#Comment_118398557

Now that's more like the answer I was seeking

I'll study this reply thanks

gameoverdude · 01-01-2022 1:02am

Good luck so.

kirk. · 01-01-2022 1:07am

Was those ABCs I was looking for

I'm a one page sort of person

So I like to have a few basics in my head

NiceFella · 01-01-2022 3:16am

Well if you are not a manager, just doing your job well is well on the way to being a good member of any team. Having a solid grasp of your function and then understanding the roles of others (even to be changed to help another person) is a good team player.

A manager on the other hand should acknowledge everyone's contributions to the team overall and not play favourites.

Patsy167 · 01-01-2022 3:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058225239/good-teamwork

Some signs of a team that works well together are:

good communication - everyone have their say and then putting aside their idea to find the best possible idea/result
having different skills sets in the team and recognising when someone is objectively better than another to complete a certain task.
a classic sports saying is a team is only as good as it’s weakest link. Supporting people in your team is just as important as doing your part.
having everyone on the same page is really important. Making sure everyone is working towards a common and clear goal will yield results and is an easy to keep up team morale

People’s ego and feelings are involved and people will always have different views and methods of work but if you can try and average those out having a well oiled team is a really satisfying to work in and is really rewarding.

Good Teamwork ?

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