Teambuilding: Essentials

By: The Business Services Team

Whether we are discussing the RMFMA team, your work team, or any other team that you may participate in, team players are essential. Building a new team or adding to an existing one takes more thought than just an open invitation. Changes to the team will affect all the players whether you are the team captain, a seasoned player or a rookie. Good qualities are just as important as skills. Blending the team together takes growth on the part of all the team players. People may want to be on the team, but don’t know how to be a good team player. It is the role of the team leader to look for people with the good team player qualities and help the existing players accept and grow into these qualities as well. Since a team is made of more than one person, there needs to be clear communication and collaboration on the team. Collaboration is multiplication and extension of resources.  

In his book, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, John C. Maxwell has identified the qualities necessary to become the kind of person every team wants.   Growing these qualities will help each of us be better team contributors and team participants.

TEAMS
Tenacious                              Never, Never, Never Quit
Enlarging                                Adding Value to Teammates is Invaluable
Adaptable                               If You Won’t Change for the Team, the Team may Change You
Mission Conscious             The (Big) Picture is Coming in Loud and Clear
Solution Oriented               Make a Resolution to Find and Implement the Solution
 
See (‘C’) the qualities of a good team player.
Collaborative                        Working Together Precedes Winning Together
Committed                            There Are No Halfhearted Champions                            
Communication                   A Team is Many Voices with a Single Heart
Competent                            If You Can’t, the Team Won’t
 
Team players can PRESS forward with good qualities.
Prepared                               Preparation Can Make the Difference Between Winning and Losing
Relational                              If You Get Along, Others Will Get Along
Enthusiastic                          Your Heart is the Source of Energy for the Team
Self-Improving                    To Improve the Team, Improve Yourself
Selfless                                   There is no “I” in Team
 
The team players DID it – they used good qualities and succeeded.
Dependable                          Teams Go GO-TO Players
Intentional                             Make Every Action Count
Disciplined                            Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way              
 
Putting together a team that works well together takes time, effort, communication, and a willingness to be more that a group of individuals. Organizations of all types accomplish more when people work together.