The Importance of Teamwork in the Workplace

Healthy Work Relationships for a Healthy Work Environment

Working as a team has proven to be healthier and more productive on both a company and an individual level. Teamwork creates an environment filled with potential and efficiency, while also helping to foster healthy work relationships. Co-workers need to be able to lean on one another for support. When people feel properly supported in their work environment, they are better able to perform designated tasks.

Increased Communication and Work Efficiency

Healthy teamwork fosters healthy communication in the workplace. This will inevitably see an increase in productivity and efficiency. Employees can pinpoint one another's strengths and weaknesses and offer constructive criticism when necessary. Other times they will simply be able to figure out which team members are best suited to which tasks and designate them accordingly.

Better Quality of Worklife

Healthy teamwork and communication can improve the overall emotional well-being and quality of work life for individual team members. While there is no “I” in team, each person brings a unique perspective to the table. When people feel like their individual contributions are valued, it strengthens the team as a whole. This creates a better quality of work life because people are more open and willing to contribute. This is what helps contribute to an increase in production.

Encourages Healthy Risk Taking

When people feel supported in the workplace, they are more comfortable in their risk-taking. This means that with healthy teamwork employees are more willing to step outside of their comfort zones. Couple this with their ability to offer one another constructive criticism, and in the long run you’ve got more risk-taking employees, with fewer mistakes over time. That means lots of individual growth, as well as growth at the company level.

How well individuals work together, communicate, and complete tasks is directly reflective of how well a company performs as a whole. That’s why any company or business stands to benefit from a team built on healthy work relationships.