Tips & Co. #230 - Teamwork skills

To work together successfully, team members must demonstrate a sense of cohesion. Cohesion emerges as team members exhibit the following skills:

Openness

Trust and self-disclosure

Support

Respect

Besides knowing how to develop a healthy group climate, team members also need to know how to function so that they are productive and accomplish their tasks effectively. An effective process will emerge as team members exhibit these skills:

Individual responsibility and accountability

Constructive Feedback

Problem solving

Management and organization

Knowledge of roles

For a team to function effectively, team members must attend to both the climate and the process.