Team Player

On this page you are going to develop knowledge on being a team player , what it means, why it is important for your career and how you can develop this.

WHAT DOES THE TERM Team player MEAN?

A Team player is someone who can work harmoniously with colleagues to achieve a shared goal.

A team player is someone who is comfortable working with people, as a member of a team, taking responsibility for their share of the work whilst contributing to team goals. Team players understand that their team’s success is their own success, and they share responsibility when their team experiences difficulties along the way.

What does it mean to have good teamwork skills?

Someone with good teamwork skills listens to their co-workers, respects ideas and aims to improve the shared goal. Having good teamwork skills means understanding other's perspectives, recognising the value of other's ideas and contributing in a measured and valuable way. Teamwork skills are made up of many other soft skills which you can work to develop over time such as the examples below.

Learn more about Team Work here

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF BEING a Team Player

Examples of being a team player in the workplace

Responsibility, understanding the work you are responsible for and completing tasks on time.
Active listening, active listening is the act of making an effort to focus intently on one person as they share their ideas, thoughts or feelings.
Awareness, being aware of everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

Examples of being a team player at home

Honesty, working through disagreements and owning up to mistakes
Empathy, having empathy for your friends family and people around you. You may not always be able to understand what someone else is going through but it is important to be kind and respectful
Playing a team sport can help you develop essential teamwork skills.

Examples of being a team player at college

Collaboration, working with your college peers harmoniously, recognising when you or other's might be getting into an argument and taking steps to avoid it.
Helping to support the college to be an exceptional place to learn by being kind, respectful, tolerant to other learners and staff

Why is this good for your Career?

Teamwork is important for organizations, especially in today’s highly digital world. Studies show that organizations that emphasize teamwork innovate faster, see mistakes more quickly, find better solutions to problems, and attain higher productivity.

Teamwork builds strong employee relationships because the more employees work close to each other, the more they get to know each other and develop a liking for each other. The more they work together, the more they learn and learn to live with each other’s likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. When they work together for a long time, the team naturally becomes more collaborative, and this leads to a more enjoyable work environment for everyone. A pleasant work environment leads to higher productivity, and this helps organizations realize their goals quickly.

Learning how to talk to everyone you encounter, from familiar colleagues to new contacts, is a skill that you must cultivate and develop if you want to get ahead in any industry. It involves learning how to socialise with others, even when you are not overly keen on engaging in conversation yourself.

Develop you Team Work & communication skills!

Complete this free course on Your Game Plan to help develop your communication skills and how to talk to your team! Your Game Plan courses are also CPD accredited so they will help you stand out to employers.

What you will gain from this short course:

The basic of any successful conversation with anyone
The importance of being able to easily engage in conversation with anyone.
The importance of social talk.

You can create your free account and complete the course here don't forget to add this to your ePASS reflection booklet & the course to your CV!

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