Importance of Teamwork and Leadership in Achieving Goals

This article discusses the importance of teamwork and leadership in achieving goals. It highlights the benefits of collaboration, communication, and shared vision in a team. The article also emphasizes the role of a leader in facilitating effective teamwork.

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Teamwork, a compound term, means combining work and team. It is a form of group
that is dedicated towards problem solving and production. A team is well-equipped with
people who have complimentary skill and are committed to a common goal with a common
vision (Kivunja 2014). The two most important aspects of communication within a group are
leadership and teamwork. Every member of a team has skills, experience, talents and proper
education. Teams are likely to achieve much more high level of performance than the
individual work. This is because of the combination of talents and energies of the members
present in a team. Collaboration produces creativity and motivation that may or may not be
present in the projects led by single contractors (Elsbach and Flynn 2013). It works best
when the team members share vision and values and develop a team spirit within the team.
Collaboration is very important as it encourages the team to understand that the project is the
endeavor of the whole team. Communication skill is the foundation for success as a leader
and as a team member. Communication refers to the process of transmitting the information
and understanding them so the team develops a shared understanding. Lack of
communication will result in reduction of team effectiveness. Open communication within a
team helps the team members to foresee what they could expect from each other. It also helps
in elimination of the surprises and makes it much easier for the team members to work
collaboratively. Open communication is also important as it allows more forceful behaviour
of the group, constituting the willingness to challenge and question in search for better
solutions. An effective team work results from good leadership to team building and the
development of a team goal with shared vision. Leadership is very critical to teamwork. A
leader is a person in a team who is responsible to ensure that the members of the team are
working effectively and collaboratively in order to achieve their targeted goal and objective.
He is responsible for facilitating the cooperation within the team which is very important to
perform well. He must also make sure that his team is having ample of resources and

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information that are required to complete the task. With the same, it is also very important to
note that a team works much better when it develops a shared vision and that vision should
inspire and motivate the team members and will also convince them that working together
will surely accomplish the goal of the team.

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References:
Elsbach, K.D. and Flynn, F.J., 2013. Creative collaboration and the self‐concept: A Study of
Toy Designers. Journal of Management Studies, 50(4), pp.515-544.
Kivunja, C., 2014. Teaching students to learn and to work well with 21st century skills:
Unpacking the career and life skills domain of the new learning paradigm. International
Journal of Higher Education, 4(1), p.1.