Post #1: Communication and teamwork: why are they important for me?

Firstly, here is a comedic commercial for pet food that displays teamwork between a cat and a dog. I feel that it effectively shows how a common goal can be achieved flawlessly and effortlessly with proper collaboration and teamwork! This video certainly brings out the importance of teamwork, especially in times of crisis, even if there maybe conflicting nature between the two parties (a cat and a dog in this case).



In my opinion, communication and teamwork are closely related and important when working on a project together. Successful teamwork and efficiency usually comes with effective communication among the team members. I believe that the few most important qualities of a good team is having committed and initiative members, an open and honest communication among members and effective conflict solving techniques. I have personally experienced that these qualities are important in achieving success in a team.

For example, during my secondary one school bazaar, a group of my classmates and I were given a task to set up a food stall. As it was our very first experience contributing to the bazaar, every single one of us was very committed and excited to get down to work. During the planning stage, we suggested and brainstormed feasible ideas for the various parts of the task such as the publicity of the stall, quality of food and the allocation of task among the members etc. Since we felt very involved in it, we continued to be responsible and committed during the execution of the plan. Lucky for us, my friend’s father was an expert at making fried dumplings so we decided to sell fried dumplings and got the recipe from him. There was a lot of hard work and time spent preparing but I did not see my friends complain about their assigned tasks. Whenever tension aroused among the members, the rest will take the initiative to clear the misunderstanding or conflict, reminding them of the importance of teamwork if we wanted success. Hence, by the actual day, we were well prepared and ready to earn the most for charity. Indeed, we emerged as the stall with the most earning in the secondary one category and success felt sweet! All our efforts paid off and of course the recipe we used was an advantage for us!

Well, I must say that I was fortunate to have great team members who were goal oriented and committed. For me, that experience helps me illustrate effectively what I have just learned from CG1413 for the past week. Perhaps it was the best team I have ever worked with and this blog entry gives me the chance to reminsce the sweet memory as well as to share with you my experience. Lastly, I feel that the above mentioned qualities in a team are really important for success and I hope that I will be part of another great team where I can feel the synergy as I give my utmost commitment and contribution to the team.

Thank you for reading!