Confuse teamwork with harmony
If you think teamwork is in being low profile, in making sure nobody feels bad, or in being appreciative of all that the team does, then you are damn wrong about this teamwork thingy. Also, if you think teamwork is giving everyone equal opportunities, and making sure everybody is heard and respected...you haven't improved, you are still wrong about what teamwork ACTUALLY is.
In short, teamwork does not mean harmony (I know I've said this, but it's in a different context), if you find a team that is always smiling and happy then dont mistake that for good teamwork, it's even possible that they are not doing any teamwork. Just so that you know, some of the best and most productive teams have conflicts on a hourly/daily basis, and sometimes they never agree with each other but still work together to get things done.
We dont work in teams for the sake of teamwork, it's because we wanna get things done.
We don't collaborate for the sake of collaboration, we collaborate to get things done.
The same rhyme goes for meetings, conferences, and time consuming emails drafts.
I dont know what teamwork is, but I know what it isn't. I think the guy next to me who always disagrees - with almost everything - is not a pain in the ass (may be, but not always). We are doing a lot of things in the name of teamwork, but the problem is that we don't know why we need teamwork. I have read an amazing book on Collaboration (BUY BOOK
), I really recommend this to all my readers because this book talks about WHY COLLABORATE, HOW TO COLLABORATE and HOW NOT TO COLLABORATE. It includes a lot of examples where collaboration worked and where it din't, like making of an apple iPod, the 9/11 plot and Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. Happy reading.
In short, teamwork does not mean harmony (I know I've said this, but it's in a different context), if you find a team that is always smiling and happy then dont mistake that for good teamwork, it's even possible that they are not doing any teamwork. Just so that you know, some of the best and most productive teams have conflicts on a hourly/daily basis, and sometimes they never agree with each other but still work together to get things done.
We dont work in teams for the sake of teamwork, it's because we wanna get things done.
We don't collaborate for the sake of collaboration, we collaborate to get things done.
The same rhyme goes for meetings, conferences, and time consuming emails drafts.
I dont know what teamwork is, but I know what it isn't. I think the guy next to me who always disagrees - with almost everything - is not a pain in the ass (may be, but not always). We are doing a lot of things in the name of teamwork, but the problem is that we don't know why we need teamwork. I have read an amazing book on Collaboration (BUY BOOK), I really recommend this to all my readers because this book talks about WHY COLLABORATE, HOW TO COLLABORATE and HOW NOT TO COLLABORATE. It includes a lot of examples where collaboration worked and where it din't, like making of an apple iPod, the 9/11 plot and Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. Happy reading.
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