Teamwork in the Workplace - 11 Benefits

 

Summary:

This article by Team Asana discusses 11 benefits of teamwork in the workplace, as well as examples throughout to help with understanding. They add that teamwork is one of the most important tools to create efficiency in organizations, however, teamwork is difficult to people, or they don’t understand how useful it is.

The 11 Benefits Asana discusses are:

1.     Teamwork cultivates effective communication: Use team building activities to build team synergy. Effective communication overall produces a successful team and an enjoyable work environment.

2.     Teamwork improves brainstorming: This tool helps teams think of new ideas outside of the box. Remember to encourage and communicate with your team so each member feels comfortable sharing their ideas.

3.     Teamwork encourages a common goal: Make sure that everyone in the team knows the objective they are working towards. This ensures that your goal or project gets completed in a timely manner.

4.     Teamwork improves problem solving skills: Working in teams can find a solution to your problem much faster than trying to figure it out on your own.

5.     Teamwork helps build trust: Building trust within organizations can be something that takes a lot of time to build. Working closely with others in teams can speed up this process as they will begin to feel closer to each person.

6.     Teamwork improves company culture: Encouraging teamwork within the workplace will help your employees grow together and improve working relationships and culture in the workplace.  

7.     Teamwork creates efficiency: Creating a healthy workplace culture and effective communication within teams will increase efficiency because they will be able to reach their goals much faster.

8.     Teamwork increases employee engagement: Increasing teamwork will create a more enjoyable workplace for your employees. Ensure you are setting aside time for your employees to connect. They will be able to connect to create a better bond among coworkers.

9.     Teamwork motivates high performing teams: Teamwork will motivate each member of the team to put their best foot forward. Each person can learn from one another and overall create better ideas leading to higher quality work.

10.  Teamwork develops individual strengths: Again, teamwork will help you learn from one another and improve your skillsets.

11.  Teamwork improves decision making skills: Teamwork will encourage you to be quick on your feet. It will encourage team members to share their opinion and answer questions on the spot.  

My Opinion:

As a person currently in college, teamwork is something I am doing all the time. Sometimes it can be difficult to work in teams, especially when it doesn’t necessarily feel like a team effort. Reading this article helped me understand why it is so important, especially moving forward into the workforce. Being a team player and knowing how to do so, will overall increase productivity, will help you learn from others and grow as a person.

Article Link: 

Teamwork in the Workplace: 11 Benefits (With Examples) [2023] • Asana

Asana, T. (2022, December 30). Teamwork in the workplace: 11 benefits (with examples) [2023] • asana. https://asana.com/resources/teamwork-in-the-workplace?gclid=b388bce9aed11ab22eb0d9d986db6f8e&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=b388bce9aed11ab22eb0d9d986db6f8e&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NB%7CNAMER%7CNAMER%7CEN%7CCatch-All%7CAll-Device%7CDSA&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fasana.com%2F&utm_content=DSA_Sitewide