In all our articles, we talk about team. But why team. Why so specifically talk about team. There is a reason. Of course, staff or staff is also good, but the point here is one of awareness. A team contains different people with different capabilities and different needs. And despite these differences, you desperately need these people. A team in which everyone is not the same generally functions better. On condition, however, that everyone is in their place and appreciated for it.
In work situations
Just make the comparison with a sports team. Take a football, handball or a hockey team. One notable team member is the goalkeeper. A very important member of the team who can do a number of tasks excellently in this case goalkeeping, but does not really excel in other important tasks now. The striker, the person who lurks on behalf of the team to score the goal. The defender who helps the goalkeeper, but also creates space for the striker to score. In work situations, you find this kind of situation too. There are always people to be found with who like to work on new things, There are always people who like to tidy things up. There are always people who like to do what they already know and prefer to do as few new things as possible. When all these people are in place, they feel comfortable and often appreciated. And the team then functions optimally.
up to a manager
It is of course up to a manager to recognise these properties. Even though that is sometimes not always easy to know exactly what people like. It comes down to your knowledge and skill as a manager here. And when you don’t see it or know what a team member is comfortable with to start the conversation and find out what makes the team member feel optimal. People who are well in place make the best work. So when you read our articles, you read about teams and about the people who make the team a team.
‘Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people‘.
Steve Jobs