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Team Dynamics
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Team Dynamics
1. Team dynamics are the psychological factors that influence the team members as to how they respond to particular situations and what will be the level of their motivation and performance. Team dynamics can be positive or negative given the characteristics and training of a particular team. A successful team leader adopts an approach for coaching and directing the team members, which aligns with his team dynamics. The basic elements contributing to effective team dynamics are commitment of all the team members, their contributions that will sum up to make one whole output, effective communication between team members, and collaboration between the tasks.
The team leader should find the clue of lack in their spirit, and motivate them with broader objectives of work. The team leader should make them realize that the loss of a team is loss every member. He/she does not have to alter the way of thinking of the team members altogether. The only concern of the team leader's job is to shift the focus of the team’s psychological forces/processes from their personal or interpersonal problems to the common issues confronted by the team on the whole.
2. Team dynamics have a direct correlation with performance and productiveness of the team. A team with positive dynamics will consist of team members who trust each other and strive for collective goals. They will support one another in fulfilling their tasks, and they will consider themselves to be accountable for any failures. Further, good team dynamics will influence the team members to have a positive attitude and work constructively. They will mend themselves as well as correct the mistakes of others with a team spirit. Good team dynamics ensure efficient communication between the team members, which is essential to finding out any flaws or imperfections in work.
With a team having negative dynamics, the team leader faces great difficulty. Such a team seems to be like an untamed horse, and all team members look like deviated from their designated paths. They will blame one another for mistakes and failures. Most of the team members will give gloomy impressions. The teamwork is prone to imperfections caused by lack of communication. The loss of one worker of a team would become a loss of all other workers.
3. I had a situation in my prior college when I was on a research work in a team. We had to conduct the study and present our findings in the class. The tasks had been divided between the team members, and every one of us had to complete the individually assigned work. As we finished the teamwork and submitted our works, we found that one of our team members had not finished the task. That team member did not communicate with anyone of the peers about the problems confronting in accomplishing the assigned task.
The effect of that team member on the teamwork was negative and caused other team members to endure for which they had not been responsible. Our team could not secure the grade that we had been expecting from our effort. The reason behind was only one person’s carelessness; it did not matter how much all other team members contributed to the project. The team suffered at the end due to non-submission of that person’s work. Our team failed to exhibit a successful teamwork due to one person's irresponsibility and lack of communication with other team members.
4. The situation that our team faced in my prior college would have not occurred if we had worked on improving the team dynamics. We should have made it clear that all our team members were having good communication with one another. We should have worked with a sense of collaboration, asking each other if anyone had problem with the assigned task. This was due on our part to avoid the consequences we faced at the end. However, that person who caused all the trouble to the team must have enough courage, openness, and communication that could urge him/her to inform the team of the problems in time.
As a good team leader, I would have understood the team dynamics, effectively communicate instructions, and tried to resolve any conflicts between the team members. It is the most important job of a team leader to understand fully and respond immediately to the team dynamics. If team dynamics are overlooked by the team leader, he/she cannot guarantee an efficient and productive teamwork even if other job responsibilities are accomplished sufficiently.
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