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    Teamwork and partnerships are important skills. Working together effectively requires communication, meeting regularly to discuss goals and progress, and ensuring everyone contributes. It is important that individuals take responsibility for their roles and work closely with others. Employers may assess whether candidates are good team players through psychological testing. The benefits of teamwork include support from colleagues, bringing varied skills together, sharing the workload, fostering creativity through different perspectives, and completing projects more quickly than working alone. Effective teamwork relies on understanding individual strengths and areas for improvement.

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    Teamwork and partnerships are important skills. Working together effectively requires communication, meeting regularly to discuss goals and progress, and ensuring everyone contributes. It is important that individuals take responsibility for their roles and work closely with others. Employers may assess whether candidates are good team players through psychological testing. The benefits of teamwork include support from colleagues, bringing varied skills together, sharing the workload, fostering creativity through different perspectives, and completing projects more quickly than working alone. Effective teamwork relies on understanding individual strengths and areas for improvement.

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    Teamwork and partnerships are important skills. Working together effectively requires communication, meeting regularly to discuss goals and progress, and ensuring everyone contributes. It is important that individuals take responsibility for their roles and work closely with others. Employers may assess whether candidates are good team players through psychological testing. The benefits of teamwork include support from colleagues, bringing varied skills together, sharing the workload, fostering creativity through different perspectives, and completing projects more quickly than working alone. Effective teamwork relies on understanding individual strengths and areas for improvement.

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    Working together: Teamwork and Partnerships

    Vocabulary & Listening


    What skills and abilities do the people in these
    photographs need?
    2) How important are teamwork and regular meetings where you work|study?

    3) Some companies do psychological tests to check if someone will be a good team


    player. Complete the questionnaire and discuss in your groups.
    TEAMWORK MAKES THE
    DREAM WORK.
    4) Harriet and Conrad work in the project management section of a large finance
    group. The are looking for someone to join their team. 3) Listen to their
    conversation. Which choices did the candidate make?
    5)Match the words in A to the words in B to make phrases. Then listen
    again and check your answers.

    A B
    take skills
    team forces
    work responsibility
    join benefit
    complementary alliances
    common closely
    form venture
    joint goals
    mutual player
    shared ground
    6) Work with a partner. Match the phrases you made in 5 to definitions
    1~10

    complementary skills
    join forces
    take responsibility
    mutual benefit
    form alliances
    work closely
    joint venture
    shared goals
    team player

    common ground
    Scenario 1:
    Shawna works in a library. She and three other co-workers have been tasked to work together
    on a project. Shawna turns in the completed product, but she completed it without input or
    help from the others. Shawna said it was really tough to find time to meet together. She did
    text the others (asking about working together), but got no responses. Her supervisor,
    Nathaniel, knows that she is a promising young librarian who wants to advance to a leadership
    position. Nathaniel also believes that Shawna has the potential to be a good leader, but feels
    she is impatient when it comes to working with others.

    DISCUSSION:
    • What did Shawna do well?
    • What could she have done differently?
    • How might she handle herself in the future?
    • How should Nathaniel handle this situation?
    • Consider the fact that he probably wants to help Shawna to improve and not necessarily
    punish her.
    Role-play: Teamwork on the job

    ➢ In groups of 5 we will now prepare a role-play and complete it in front


    of the class.
    ➢ Take 5 minutes to rehearse and think about how the characters will act.
    Discussion:

    ➢ What was the real problem at the coffee shop?


    ➢ What could Jarrod and/or Steffy have done differently?
    ➢ Do you agree with how the manager handled the situation?
    ➢ What might you have done in this situation?

    In your groups come up with a list of the benefits of teamwork and to illustrate or
    give examples of each. (At least 5 benefits)
    Benefits of Teamwork
    • Support - Teamwork leads to camaraderie between team members. This will not only lead
    to better social relationships, but can also act as a support when things go wrong.
    • Varied skills – Different team members bring with them different skills.
    • Distribution of work - Distributing work not only reduces each individual’s burden, but
    also increases responsibility and ensures better commitment to completing the task
    individually and as a whole.
    • Creativity - Different people have different skills and possess different perspectives.
    Therefore any activity that involves teamwork benefits from the various creative thoughts
    and inspirations of different people.
    • Accomplish faster – People working together will tend to complete a project faster than if
    one person was working alone.
    Part of being a good team member is learning how to understand your personal strengths (what
    you have to offer) AND where you might need to draw assistance from others. Listed on this
    sheet are 10 of the characteristics that make a productive team member. Rate your level of
    confidence in each skill (HONESTLY) – and then devise a plan for how you can improve
    some of the areas you think might need a “jump start.”

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