How To Be A Better Team Contributor
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The document provides tips for improving teamwork and decreasing friction among team members. It advises focusing on solving problems rather than blaming others, looking to the future instead of dwelling on the past, avoiding private criticisms of teammates, taking responsibility for one's own actions and contributions rather than those of others, and directly implementing one's own suggestions rather than expecting others to do so. The overall message is that personal responsibility, constructive communication, and solution-oriented thinking can help teams work more productively together.
How To Be A Better Team Contributor
- 2. Only those who have learned the Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. deepest joy: true fulfillment Tony Robbins
- 3. Courage is the only key is the only key for better contribution
- 4. More and more often, employees are expected to employees are expected to contribute to the performance and success of their work teams.
- 5. While it sounds great on paper, it While it sounds great on paper it isn't all that easy to work in a team, since often team members are different in style, attitude, different in style attitude commitment and work ethic.
- 6. If you are a work team member, p g supervise, manage or lead a team, take a good look at these tips and hints which will make it easier for team members to will make it easier for team members to contribute more productively to their teams, and decrease friction among teams and decrease friction among team members.
- 9. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l Often teams get bogged down in blaming members when things go wrong. go wrong
- 10. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l As a team member you can do two things to stop this wasteful and destructive team behavior. and destructive team behavior
- 11. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l First, eliminate blaming language First eliminate blaming language you may use.
- 12. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l Replace blaming and finger‐ pointing comments or questions pointing comments or questions with a focus on solving problems, or preventing problems.
- 13. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l Second, if other team members get into the blaming cycle, step get into the blaming cycle step in and "turn" the conversation back to a constructive approach.
- 14. Stop The Blaming Cycle St Th Bl i C l For example, here's a good phrase: "Ok, l h ' d h " k maybe we could save some time here by trying to ensure that the problem doesn't happen again, so what can we pp g , do to prevent it next time?”
- 15. Focus On The Present And Future
- 16. Focus On The Present And Focus On The Present And Future This is related to the blaming cycle. This is related to the blaming cycle
- 17. Focus On The Present And Focus On The Present And Future Don't dwell on the past. Use the past (successes and team failures) to help the (successes and team failures) to help the team determine where they need to go to improve. t i
- 18. Focus On The Present And Focus On The Present And Future You can't change the past
- 19. Focus On The Present And Focus On The Present And Future you can only use it to learn from.
- 20. Stop Back Channel Stop Back Channel Talk
- 21. Stop Back Channel Talk Stop Back Channel Talk Talking about a team member in private with another team members usually involves a blaming process. gp
- 22. Stop Back Channel Talk Stop Back Channel Talk While sometimes it's good to went frustration about a fellow team mate, frustration about a fellow team mate you shouldn't be doing it within the team.
- 23. Stop Back Channel Talk Stop Back Channel Talk It's counter productive, and harmful. Stop doing it unless you have a specific, constructive reason for doing so. g
- 25. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Take responsibility for your behavior and the results that your team produces, but NOT the behavior of your team mates. y
- 26. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Take responsibility for your behavior and the results that your team produces, but NOT the behavior of your team mates. y
- 27. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility When you take responsibility for another member s actions, you will tend to want member's actions you will tend to want to change your team mate, something that often creates dissension. th t ft t di i
- 28. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Finally, focus on YOUR contributions. Finally focus on YOUR contributions
- 29. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Don't spend your time thinking about or telling team mates what THEY should be doing for the team. g
- 30. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Think about what you can contribute, and how you can contribute more effectively. y
- 31. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility Then do it. For example, if you have a great suggestion, don t dump it in the great suggestion don't dump it in the group with the expectation that someone else will implement it. l ill i l t it
- 32. Personal Responsibility Personal Responsibility You offer to do it...after all it s your You offer to do it after all it's your suggestion.
- 33. Thank you, Th k www.amirsaiftaz.blogspot.com amirsaiftaz@gmail.com