Teamwork

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What is teamwork? Teamwork is not just wearing same shirts; team work is more than just having a group of people and calling them selves a team. Teamwork is not just some individuals in a group doing the work. Teamwork consist of a real team and “a real team is made up of people who may be unequal in experience, talent, or education”; and this real team equality “in their commitment to working together to achieve the goals and good of the organization and each other” is what teamwork really is. Teamwork is a joint action by a group of people, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group. In a team there is no such thing as I; each member has a role in a team’s success. Teamwork is sacrificing individual gain for the teams greater good. For instant let’s take a soccer team. A soccer team usually has twenty three players; where twelve of them play in the field and the rest eleven players are substitute. The twelve field players are divided into three groups; defenders, midfielders, and forwards. So when playing a match all 12 players have to play as one. Only one or two players can not do all the work; if everyone is do not do their part they will have a failure outcome. For example when forwards get the ball their job is to score, but if someone else in his team has a better a chance of scoring a goal he would pass it to him. He could have just tried to score himself but rather than try to get all the glory for scoring, passing the ball for the player with a better chance scoring is the right decision for the team. This shows that teamwork is less me and more we; and in a team decisions like this are what define a great teamwork. In a team to accomplish a great team work, every individual in the group has to have self-respect. “When we have self respect we have little need to win as an individual in a team and are more likely to play our role to the best of our ability, with humility and with good humour.” Having self-respect enables every individual in a team to respect others for the things they offer for the team regardless of how small or big it is. Self-respect between group members will allow them to trust each other and excel their ability as team. Last but not least, for any team to succeed they have to have a great teamwork and putting the teams first before an individual fame, respecting team mates play a great role in having a great teamwork. But, sometimes having a great teamwork might not be that easy, it might take a long time for any team to come together and perform as one. However, one thing any team must know is that coming together as a team is the beginning, keeping together is a progress, and working together is a success. So a team’s success is the result of their teamwork strength.

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Work Cited

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