Everyone of us are blessed with strengths and weaknesses of different kinds. It means that we alone cannot be good performer in all the things we are to do in life and do have to work with others to cover-up our or others’ weaknesses. This is what the Management Guru – Ryunosuke Satoro said :
"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean."
This coming together of two or more persons is called making a team and their partnering in doing of a task is known as teamwork.
"Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common goal. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results"
As the saying goes, "Two heads are still better than one." To come up with the best decision or the best output, efficient teamwork is needed for which the respective members of the group must find out how to collaborate and cooperate with others.
This is what Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motors, the US Automobile giant had to say :
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
Collaborating and cooperating means 'fitting oneself in the team'. This requires respecting the different abilities, shortcomings and behavioural characteristics of various members of the team.
Working together all the time sure is taxing, but there is a reason why teamwork is emphasized upon at every stage of our life. This also does not mean that individual talent and skills will lay to waste without teamwork, it won't. What teamwork does is to build one's personal skills. Consequently, if the outcome turns out to be a success, of course the whole team also reaps the rewards.
“In life we succeed as individuals but we do much more when we work as a team.”
Sabinder Kaur
(Teacher)
