From the course: Teamwork Essentials: Stand Out as a Valuable Team Member
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Other awareness: Engage effectively with your team
From the course: Teamwork Essentials: Stand Out as a Valuable Team Member
Other awareness: Engage effectively with your team
- People don't come with a user manual but wouldn't it be great if they did? Well, once you know how you prefer to engage with others, you can then start to figure out the rest of your team and how to engage with them based on their style. This is what's called social perceptiveness, the capacity to recognize what others expect in social situations. So let's look at how to do this to build trust, foster rapport and create a positive culture. First, we have to identify our teammates engagement styles. It's not a precise science but people often reveal their preferred style through how they communicate and engage with us. Think of it as the four Fs. If someone is goal-oriented, you'll often hear them speaking about facts, focused on what's next in achieving goals. Those who are task driven often focus on form. They're interested in action plans. They use to-do lists and they might be the only punctual one to team…
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