How Do You Build Effective Teams & Teamwork?
Getting employees to work effectively on a team is a project in itself. In most cases, the individuals in organizations desire to be—just that—an individual. Reason being, some team environments will inevitably have team members who are not pulling their weight—they know the other team members will pick up their slack, resulting in slackers receiving the same rewards as everyone else. This, ultimately, can be detrimental to your team-building efforts. Rid your apple orchard of bad apples. Having a bad apple on your team can be toxic. You do not need negativity or pessimism in your work environment. If you have team members who are not contributing to the team, eventually they will begin to take energy and morale from productive team members. If you have ineffective “apples” on your team, get rid of them (see References). Ensure all team members are peering out the same window. To create an environment where everyone is working together, every team member should have the same view
