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10 Things Good Team Players Do Differently
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A good team member doesn't regard other team members with suspicion, envy or resentment.
They understand that sharing information is vital to efficient problem solving.
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Focus on Employee Wellbeing
The more stress-free and healthy an employee is, the more he will make the company great and prosperous.
If more employers take care of their employees' personal growth, the employees will he...
Meditation
For clarity, stability and better mental health, meditation (or mindfulness) is a universally recognized training activity.
Break from Work
Breaks and time-outs lead to better productivity, as they allow the mind to form connections and help in creativity and even relationships.
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Setting employee expectations
Setting clear employee expectations can benefit your business. Management must co...
Employer/Employee expectations
Employee expectations to maintain:
- Displaying a positive and respectful attitude
- Working with honesty and integrity
- Performing their work to a reasonable standard
Employees expectations;
- Proper training, support and leadership from management and access to resources
- Timely and accurate payment of wages
- Safe working environments
- Explanation of responsibilities, company policies and procedures
- Regular feedback from supervisors or managers.
Team expectations
Team expectations refer to the behaviors that occur while working together on tasks.
- Respect and courtesy to everyone.
- Be accountable for your work.
- Be reasonably flexible about task assignments.
- Be willing to lend a helping hand.
- Ask for help when needed.
- Work safely together.
- Be open to constructive feedback.
- Be self-motivated and reliable.
- Share ideas for improvement.
- Be cheerful, positive and encouraging to other team members.
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Behaviors of highly engaged employees
- They do not use their problems as an excuse from mistakes. They don't let the problem affect their ability to perform.
- They know how to take accountability for their actions.
The management and highly-engaged employees
Managers create the conditions that promote the behaviors of engaged employees with the relationships they establish.
- The bosses who individualize create a space for their employees to seek out their strengths and only ask when advice is needed.
- The bosses who generalize will often require constant managerial intervention because they don't foster engagement-creating behavior.
Engagement-oriented questions
Asking engagement oriented questions allows the employee to be able to think for themselves and to examine situations, analyze their own performance and generate great ideas or solutions.
This method is modeled from the Socratic Method that aids in stimulating mindful observation and critical thinking.
For example: "This report has been on your desk for a while now. Are you having trouble getting the information you need to complete it? Do you need help?"