Be a Team Player
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This document provides tips for being an effective team player and member. It discusses the importance of communication, support, performance, and motivation. Specifically, it recommends rewarding good behavior, being an attentive listener, having enthusiasm and optimism, giving constructive feedback, understanding learning levels and tools, showing interest in assignments, having patience and respect, providing clarity and expectations, building confidence through recognition, and leading by example.
Be a Team Player
- 1. TEAM PLAYER HOW TO BE EFFECTIVE “One of the hardest skills for a manager to learn is how to build a team. One of the hardest skills for a manager to teach is how to be a member of a team.” – Randall Wright Sharon Evans
- 2. Value of Communication Positive Negative – Reward Good Behavior – Talking at or down to – Be an Attentive someone Listener – Using Exaggerated – Have Enthusiasm, Behavior Optimism and Interest – Making Assumptions – Be Open and – Poor Follow-up Approachable – Using Words of – Give Constructive Suspicion (“You”) Feedback – Detachment – Objective Views
- 3. Support Understand the learning levels and tools needed to achieve goals through your team. Be Involved Show interest, understand the outcome of assignment, give clear directives, allow team to have open discussions Have patience and show respect Clarity, expectations, set goals, give timelines, clear instructions, and review assignments. Follow through and follow-up Confidence and Integrity Build confidence by recognizing accomplishments. Encourage success and commitment Support growth by training, identify strengths.
- 4. Performance Build Responsibility and Desire to be Accountable Build opportunities for team to advance in career Support staff by training and tools to maximize performance levels Communicate Clearly Believe in Assigned Goals Set measureable and fair goals
- 5. Motivation Lead by example Approach every challenge as only an unexpected opportunity Build support network Realize employees strengths and interests Instill team vision Recognition