The whole class took part in a psychometric test to understand which roles would fit us best for our group projects. After some careful observations of the different types of contributors, I initially wrote my answer down as being the whistler (co-leader) rather than the conductor (leader). I’m not that great at leading a project, but this is a potential avenue for me to have a try. There were multiple other participants to the testing that wrote the same answer as me, including some of those who would later be a part of the group I was put into. By meeting those team members either in-person or online for some reason, I would be able to adapt quickly and get prepared for the work.
Of course, many elements would be required for the teamwork to be handled great. Tracy Middleton (2022) explained the importance of teamwork and its benefits. Those benefits include less mistakes, more growth opportunities and creativity and innovative potential to name a few. Another key figure is how the teamwork is going to be controlled. A case study by Luca and Tarricone (2002) on two sets of teams found that “One team was highly successful in developing a quality product, and collaborated in a highly successful manner” whilst the other team didn’t, becoming “dysfunctional and had to be split”. Both teams had data collected and split into the key attributes made for successful teamwork, such and open communication, interdependence and team composition among other attributes.
By applying those principles into our team, each member will be satisfied and focus more on the workload that would eventually form the business that we would envision. The outcome will vary depending on how well we’ve looked at each available element that makes teamwork successful.