Improving teamwork effectiveness
can be achieved by doing the following.
First, each group member must know their roles, responsibilities, and
the overall purpose of the task. According to Kevin Eikenberry in his online
article, Nurturing Effective Teamwork, he says that once a team leader has
established these three things, the group needs to remember them. Then with the purpose in mind the group can
more easily and effectively accomplish the task.[1]
Second, building trust within the members
of the group. In the blog The Executive
Search Blog, Christian Pielow posts some thoughts about trust
building. He says, “Until everyone is
willing to trust the other members of the team, progress towards team success
will be limited.”
It is the responsibility of the group leader to help the group build
trust. Once the group begins to develop
trust, the group members will be more willing to share thoughts and ideas with
each other thus helping teamwork become more effective.[2]
