From the course: Communication within Teams
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The imperative of effective teams
From the course: Communication within Teams
The imperative of effective teams
- Most teams underperform their potential. If you refine your ability to collaborate and work well in a team, it can be career-altering. These skills will help you become a team member who is trusted and respected for your ability to help the team reach its goals. At the outset, some people feel hesitant about working on a team project. Before knowing the techniques included in this course, I've coached people, worried they'd end up doing the lion's share of the team's work, or they might damage relationships with colleagues by redoing their work without sharing feedback. Challenges related to working in teams are tied to interpersonal, intrateam communication and collaboration. There's also a phenomenon at play in the background called social loafing. The easiest way to describe it is when people on teams slack off because they know someone else will pick up the slack. You can combat social loafing in your teams by…
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