Career Success For Accountants

6 Benefits of Team Working

We all have experienced times when we were part of a great team and there are other times when we struggle along in isolation. 

You might even have heard the phrase

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More

Of course talking in abstract about teams and actually leveraging the potential of teams is often a whole lot different.

Perhaps when you think about it that is not such a big surprise.  After all for a large part of our life we are in competition.  It starts in school, it continues with college and job interviews.  

On the other hand there are many benefits of embracing the potential of teams.

In my experience there are 6 main benefits of team working:

  1. More creativity leading to more ideas and better results. 
  2. Increased employee satisfaction
  3. The opportunity to develop and acquire new skills
  4. The speed at which things can be achieved
  5. A sounding board for testing out ideas and thoughts
  6. A support network that you can draw on

Of course it’s vital that you also create the type of environment that supports and rewards good team working.

In the world now where as a result of coronavirus, the value of teams is even greater.  Not least because of the need to change and adapt, often at speeds we never thought were possible.

So ask yourself:

  • What value would better team working bring?
  • Do you really embrace team working?
  • Do you create the type of environment that gets the best from teams?
  • What one thing could you do right now to get better results from your team?

The good news is that even the smallest step forward is likely to yield big benefits, especially when under pressure to deliver more with less resources. 

 

About the Author Duncan Brodie

Since 2006 I’ve worked with in excess of 8,000 accountants and professionals in workshops, seminars and one to one helping them land their next jobs and become better leaders, presenters and business partners. Before that I spent 25 years in accountancy climbing the career ladder from Payments Clerk to FD. I’m a CIMA Fellow, Certified Professional Coach and Team Coach Facilitator.

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21 comments
Jude says 21 November 2008

Yes to all of those things. I love to work as part of a team because I like to belong to a group. I also love the fact that you can bounce ideas off each other to create something that nobody would have been able to create on their own.

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amreek says 19 May 2009

excellent mite

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Duncan Brodie says 20 December 2010

Jude

I think you make a great point about the value of being able to bounce ideas of each other. Amazing what you can create when you all throw your thoughts into the melting pot.

Duncan

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Guy Farmer says 2 February 2011

Great ideas. I’d add building deeper relationships and an ability to communicate more meaningfully.

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Duncan Brodie says 2 February 2011

Hi Guy

Thanks for adding your thoughts. Without a doubt when people work together to achieve something it builds bonds, they learn to get their messages across and understand others perspectives better.

Duncan

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AGYEMAN-DUAH ADAI says 20 May 2012

TEAM WORK IN MY OPINION IS A WORK ENVIRONMENT WHERE DIFFERENT IDEAS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE SHARED WITH A COMMON VIEW OF ACHIEVING POSITIVE RESULT.WHEN IDEAS ARE PUT TOGETHER ,IT COULD BE ANALYZE FROM ALL KNOWLEDGE BACKGROUND TO ASCERTAIN ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES BEFORE IT COULD BE ACCEPTED AND USE AS POLICY OR SOLUTION.WHEREAS ONE PERSON VIEWING SOMETHING FROM HIS OWN PERSPECTIVE MAY NOT GET THE ADVANTAGE OF CRITICISM FOR EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT.IN ONE PERSONS POINT OF VIEW,ALL HE OR SHE DOES SEEMS GOOD IN HIS EYE OF MIND.THERE IS THE SAYING THAT BEAUTY LIES IN THE EYES THE BEHOLDER.

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