Tips On How To Achieve Your Dream Through Your Team

If your dream must work, your team must work. For it is your result that determines your report; it is your work that determines your worth. The principle of team work is one of the oldest secrets of success of any enterprise or organization. It is one of the cheapest ways to succeed as a body. It is a common secret that produces uncommon results. Everyone is unique, however, inspite of our uniqueness, we cannot succeed on our own. There are certain things in life that I can do which you can never do and there are things you can do that I can never do but when we come together as a team, we easily triumph. Understand that, without teamwork results cannot be produced and when results are unavailable, insults are unavoidable.

WHAT IS A TEAM & TEAM WORK?
The ideal team is a group of people possessing team Spirit and working together to achieve a common goal.

Team work speaks of the ability to work together as a team/group.

QUALITIES OF A TEAM
The above definition of a team is incomplete without the necessary qualities which makes for an effective and winning team. Basically, a winning team MUST possess the following:

1. COMMON GOAL (VISION)
Any group of people can be regarded as a team however, what differentiates a winning team from any other team is the fact that it has a common goal/vision which brings them together under one canopy thus giving direction to the entire group. Without a clear-cut vision, the team is bound for frustration/confusion.

2. COMMITMENT
Commitment is the factor/attribute that separates doers/champions from dreamers. It is the driving force in a leader that keeps his eyes on the goal no matter what comes his way. True commitment inspires and attracts people and it is contagious. It starts in the heart. It is tested by action. And it opens the door to achievement. If you want to go anywhere worthwhile, you must be committed.

3. CO-OPERATION
Co-operation simply means working together with commitment to achieve a common goal. It means collective or combined operation, that is, collecting individual operation to form a combined operation that yields the desired result. Understanding the uniqueness and importance of every member of the team fosters co-operation.

Note: TEAM-Together Everyone Achieves More

SEAL-Separately Everyone Achieves Less

(4) COMMUNICATION
The winning team maintains clear lines of communication. Communication builds commitment which fosters co-operation thus, achieving the common goal with ease. This is the bedrock of every team success and it is carried out by keeping your people informed (making them know exactly where the team stands), communicating face to face and in group context and seeking to resolve conflicts as quickly as possible. Note that, when they could not understand each other, the project of Babel was terminated.

(5) COMMUNITY SPIRIT
What makes a team win is the development of a sense of community Spirit. It is a sense of togetherness which makes all members of the team a part of that community. It is however developed and enhanced by the use of the pronouns we and our thus, eliminating I and my. Also, spending time together as a team facilitates and develops community Spirit

PURPOSE/BENEFITS OF TEAM WORK
The following shows the purpose and benefits of team work:

1. Effectiveness and Efficiency
2. Growth and expansion
3. Eliminates stress and fatigue
4. Builds confidence
5. Continuity
6. Support

TEAM BUILDERS
The qualities of a winning team can be seen also as factors necessary for effective team building. However, there are others needed to become a winning team.

1. Integrity/Trust: Your team will follow through if you are true.
2. Agreement: Agreement is the mother of achievement.
3. Respect: When people respect someone as a person, the admire him, when they respect him as a friend, they love him; and when they respect him as a leader, they follow him.

4. Empowerment
5. Sacrifice
6. Encouragement
7. Exemplary Living

You need people and you need God (most importantly). Success is a collection of relationships. Your future is connected to people, likewise the success of your office is connected to people. Instead of building walls, spend more time building bridges. Remember, team work will make your dream work.