Effective teammates are reliable

Reliability is essential for a strong team;

• Keeping commitments:
  • Making sure the promises done to colleagues or the team are kept;
  • Not keeping promises can quickly create the reputation of an unreliable teammate;
  • Underpromise and overdeliver;
  • Always communicate in advance when you can’t do something as initially discussed. It allows time to make adjustments;
• Deliver results
• Constantly communicate status updates

Ideal teammates have a positive attitude

A bad attitude is like a flat tire you can’t get very far without a change;

• Demonstrating positivity:
  • Pointing out the good achievements of my teammates;
  • Staying away from gossip
  • Avoid spreading information about my teammates;
• Maintain a positive outlook
  • Avoid complaining even when the work isn’t as pleasant as expected;
  • Look for the positive side;

Demonstrating respect to teammates

Respect is the key to build healthy relationships at work

• Respecting teammate’s time, boundaries and, ideas;
• Time:
  • People feel frustrated when their time is not respected;
• Boundaries:
  • A personal line that anyone should cross;
• Ideas:
  • Healthy disagreements are ok;
  • Respect others ideas whether I agree or not;
  • Separate people from their ideas;
  • Conflicts or tension will happen when working with others;

Be proactive about projects

• A good team member is proactive;
• Being proactive means taking time to step back and look at the team’s projects from a wider angle;
• Means being a couple of steps ahead based on the organization needs;
• A proactive team member helps the team return on track after situations that cause setbacks;

Approach teamwork collaboratively

• An ideal team player is collaborative, even when things don’t go as he expected;
• Being cooperative means to adjust;
• Teamwork is both giving and receiving;
• Support my team’s decisions because it shows maturity;

Effective teammates behave professionally

Professionalism means being competent, able to complete the work, have acceptable conduct;

• Competence: what skills or experiences a person brings to the team:

• Academic background

  • Professional background

• Completion of work: a person’s ability to complete their tasks

  • Get the job done well and on time will adjust how the teams see the person;

• Professional conduct

  • The person should pay attention to the way he/she communicates at work;
  • Appearance at work;

Ideals teammates think strategically

• People should approach each project with a long-term mindset;
• Balancing everything:
  • Maintaining a healthy relationship with the team while being focused on the tasks;
  • Learn from personal mistakes and others as well;
  • People are more important than tasks;

Strategically self-aware

• Conduct a SWOT analysis on myself
  • Strengths: what are my strengths and how it helps my team?
  • Weaknesses: what are my weaknesses and how it affects my team?
  • Opportunities: what do I need to learn to better contribute to my team?
  • Threats: what’s stopping for performing at my best?