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Life is much easier with a team!
Every winning campaign, initiative, and group have one thing in common: a dedicated team. Though great leaders like Gandhi and Nelson Mandela might have been household names, it required great teamwork and coordination to get the job done. While one person can, and does, make a difference, you’ll have more support, power – and not to mention fun! – acting as a team.
You may be tempted to go it alone, so that you know things will get done exactly as you want them to. Ease off control freak! You are very likely to become a stress ball if you don’t delegate some things, or even better, invite a few people to be key players in your cause or campaign.
Remember that we all have our strengths and weaknesses, and everyone has something fantastic to bring to the table. Just because someone is seriously unorganised for instance, doesn’t mean they couldn’t be amazingly charismatic and informative when handling media queries. They’re just probably not your best go-to guy for organising events!
Some good qualities to get on your Team include:
- Focused
- Good decision-making
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Personable
- Approachable
- Honest
- Compassionate
- Creative
- Patient
- Responsive
- Talented
- Open-minded
- Modest
- Motivational
- Knowledgeable
- Good communicator
- Light-hearted (things can get way too serious sometimes!)
A few tried and true ways of attracting people:
- Ask your friends
- Poster in School and in your communities
- Set up a public meeting
- Call or email relevant organisations
- Social networks - use 'em.
What makes a great Team
- There is effective and ongoing communication
- Everyone is treated as an equal, and feels like they belong
- A sense of fun and openness can be developed through shared events for people to get to know each other
- There is a common understanding of project goals
- Each team member is motivated to achieve the desired goals, and takes the time to problem-solve together
- Roles and tasks are well-defined and equally distributed
- The leader consults with team-members and wants them to share in important decisions
- Creativity is encouraged, and mistakes are seen as a learning experience
- Team members respect each other, are patient and tolerant, and act with a high level of emotional intelligence and understanding
- Team members are able to express concerns without being baited!
Some content thanks to TakingITGlobal
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