Teamwork Defined
•Teamwork
–In short: joint action by a group to complete a given task
–A set of values that encourages behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to all points of view expressed by others, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others.
•Treat co-workers like valued customers.
•Express praise to co-workers when they do a job well.
•Ask co-workers for their thoughts and suggestions.
•Make co-workers aware of ideas, problems and new information.
•Work at staying positive, even in times of stress.
•Offer help to co-workers whenever you can.
•Respect and allow for others’ differences and opinions.
•Keep in mind that together we all achieve more.
Vocabulary
•constructively – adv.
–Origin or word: construct v; constructive: adj
–Meaning: If advice, criticism or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help or improve something.
–Example:
She criticized my writing, but in a way that was very constructive - I learned a lot from her.
If you don't have anything constructive to say, I'd rather you kept quiet.
She criticized my writing, but in a way that was very constructive - I learned a lot from her.
If you don't have anything constructive to say, I'd rather you kept quiet.
–Anonym: beneficially
•Make a sentence with “constructive” or “constructively”
•achievement – n.
–Origin of word: achieve: v.
–Meaning: something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing:
–Examples:
Whichever way you look at it, an Olympic silver medal is a remarkable achievement for one so young.
The Tale of Three Kingdoms has been described as the greatest achievement of Chinese literature.
Whichever way you look at it, an Olympic silver medal is a remarkable achievement for one so young.
The Tale of Three Kingdoms has been described as the greatest achievement of Chinese literature.
•Make a sentence with “achievement”
Type of Teams
•Self-Directed Work Team
–A self-directed work team is an intact group of employees who are responsible for a “whole” work process that delivers a product or service to an internal or external customer.
Vocabulary
•intact – adj
–Meaning: complete and in the original state/not damaged
–Example:
The house was destroyed in the bombing but the garden survived intact.
It's difficult to emerge from such a scandal with your reputation still intact.
The house was destroyed in the bombing but the garden survived intact.
It's difficult to emerge from such a scandal with your reputation still intact.
–Anonym: whole, unbroken, in one piece, unharmed
•Make a sentence with “intact”
