How to build a teamwork culture?

Everything we build in life requires effort and time,it won't be different when building a teamwork and its culture. We will need mutual effort from all team members as well as simple understanding, that we all differ , but on the other hand- complete each other.

On of the most important rules when it comes to building teamwork culture would be definitely cooperation and helping each other.

Tips for Team Building

Do you immediately picture your group off at a resort playing games or hanging from ropes when you think of team building? Traditionally, many organizations approached team building this way. Then, they wondered why that wonderful sense of teamwork, experienced at the retreat or seminar, failed to impact long term beliefs and actions back at work.

I’m not averse to retreats, planning sessions, seminars and team building activities – in fact I lead them - but they have to be part of a larger teamwork effort. You will not build teamwork by “retreating” as a group for a couple of days each year. Think of team building as something you do every single day.

• Form teams to solve real work issues and to improve real work processes. Provide training in systematic methods so the team expends its energy on the project, not on figuring out how to work together as a team to approach it.
• Hold department meetings to review projects and progress, to obtain broad input, and to coordinate shared work processes. If team members are not getting along, examine the work processes they mutually own. The problem is not usually the personalities of the team members. It’s the fact that the team members often haven’t agreed on how they will deliver a product or a service or the steps required to get something done.
• Build fun and shared occasions into the organization’s agenda. Hold pot luck lunches; take the team to a sporting event. Sponsor dinners at a local restaurant. Go hiking or to an amusement park. Hold a monthly company meeting. Sponsor sports teams and encourage cheering team fans.
• Use ice breakers and teamwork exercises at meetings. I worked with an organization that held a weekly staff meeting. Participants took turns bringing a “fun” ice breaker to the meeting. These activities were limited to ten minutes, but they helped participants laugh together and get to know each other – a small investment in a big time sense of team.
• Celebrate team successes publicly. Buy everyone the same t-shirt or hat. Put team member names in a drawing for company merchandise and gift certificates. You are limited in teamwork only by your imagination.

Take care of the hard issues above and do the types of teamwork activities listed here. You’ll be amazed at the progress you will make in creating a teamwork culture, a culture that enables individuals to contribute more than they ever thought possible - together.

Allot has been said on this issue. To summarize:

- Select the right team

- Explain the team mission and objectives

- Communicate

- Force Respect

- Continuous reminders

- Never tolerate internal bad behavior

- Encourage social events

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Create a Culture of Teamwork

Executive leaders communicate the clear expectation that teamwork and collaboration are expected.

Executives model teamwork in their interaction with each other and the rest of the organization

he organization members talk about and identify the value of a teamwork culture. 

Teamwork is rewarded and recognized. 

Important stories and folklore that people discuss within the company emphasize teamwork. 

The performance management system places emphasis and value on teamwork.

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Building a teamwork culture is an essential part of making any business or organization successful in the long term. Employees not only produce better work if they feel like they're members of a team, they also tend to enjoy their work and workplace more. If you are looking to build a teamwork culture, follow these steps to get started.

• Get people acquainted with each other. Conduct exercises and hold team days so that all members of the organization feel comfortable approaching each other.

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  Create specific projects that depend on teamwork and allow people to form teams to tackle the problem together.

   
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  Publicize teams and successful teamwork. When a team forms, provide the resources it needs and let everyone in the organization know how the team is progressing. Giving teams a small budget for working lunches or after-hour takeouts shows the teams that you value their contributions.

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  Be inclusive in meetings and other gatherings. A successful team requires that each member feels like a valuable part of the team. So, at meetings and gatherings, make eye contact and speak with all people present, not just the more vocal or comfortable members. Also, do follow-up with different members of the team to make sure that they're happy and to solicit ideas from them on how to improve teamwork within the organization.