The key elements of a Team

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A team is a group of individuals, working together to achieve a common goal. A team comprises a number of key elements that are integral to the team’s efficacy.

 
The first key element of any business team is awareness of the bigger picture. All employees are team members striving to achieve not only their own targets but ultimately to achieve the goals of the company. This is why it is important that each person is fully aware of the organisations objectives and has a clear understanding of their own role and how they fit in to the business plan and the contribution they are expected to make towards achieving company goals as a team. After awareness has been established a team can become focused as a group on the tasks at hand.

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There must be high standards of communication. Team members in any team must clearly communicate with each other regarding goals, roles, needs, ideas and opinions. It is important that team members listen to each other when they share ideas and opinions and it is important to provide feedback to each other. Team members must offer support and encouragement to each other.

Team members often recognise each department as a team of its own with the employees within that department being its team members.  However it can sometimes be forgotten that this concept also extends upwards to recognising ...

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