TEAM GAME…

Alparslan HOCAOĞLU
UGM REGIONAL SALES MANAGER

Instead of creating successful team leaders, the emphasis should be on fostering successful teams through team members. The goal is to ensure that the team leader earns the respect of all team members and that all team members feel valued. It's crucial to remember that people who think good always produce good results. The key to lasting success lies in everyone building a solid network of relationships and maintaining communication. A truly effective team is one where members are multifunctional, possess complementary skills, and are collectively responsible for all aspects of a product, service, or process. This cohesion is what drives success.

Just as a body is a complex system of interconnected parts, so is a team. The skeletal system provides support, the muscular system enables movement, and the organs ensure survival. In this analogy, management is the brain, and air, water, and food are the lifeblood that sustains the team's existence.

The situation is similar in plants. Plants: They reproduce thanks to their roots, tree parts, branches, leaves, fruits, and seeds. In summary, life is a team game.

Team play expands when the situation moves from singular to plural. In an ant colony, sentries protect the colony. Workers are responsible for collecting food to survive the winter. Keepers protecting the larvae: Scouts are also looking for new homes for expansion.

The family is the most minor team in society. Mothers and fathers are responsible for the development and education of their children. A "big team" is reached with relatives and friends.

THE BEST EXAMPLE OF TEAM PLAY…

One of the best examples of team play today is the Turkey National Women's Volleyball Team. From the outside, even if individual mistakes are made during the game, the team recovers and continues the match. To achieve success, players support and help each other. In the end, the winner will be the entire team.

THE PRINCIPLE OF TEAM IN BUSINESS LIFE…

The maintenance of professional business life is ensured by the principle of "teamwork." You have joined this team game if you work in a workplace. This means that the skeleton system of the business has been created by its managers, employees, and organs.

A business's success depends on the maximum benefit its employees add to team play. When each individual does his job thoroughly, and in the best way, he contributes to his teammates that much.

Successful teams strive to progress through the leadership of successful individuals. Successful individuals are "competent, have sufficient knowledge and skills, are prone to cooperation, are willing to do their best, and are allowed to take initiative."

EFFICIENCY, RELATIONSHIPS AND QUALITY…

The general rules of success consist of "productivity, relationships, and quality elements." These rules work" interdependently. You can only achieve high productivity with good relationships and good quality. You can only achieve good relationships with high productivity. You can only achieve good relationships with high efficiency and good quality.

Expert senior managers focus on "high efficiency, good relations, and good quality" in the company.

Team leaders need to use time efficiently. Leaders should not spend more time "informing their superiors and in meetings that become routine" than "trying to serve and develop their teams." In companies consisting of people who unconsciously "pass decisions or tasks to each other," the concept of "team play" has not yet been adopted.

THE WAY TO PERMANENT SUCCESS…

Teams do not consist only of company employees. Suppliers, customers, and others also share in success through their contributions to the team. The path to lasting success is for "everyone to build a great network of relationships and stay in touch with each other." A real team comprises" multifunctional people with complementary skills who are constantly responsible for all aspects of a product, service or process." Real teams in companies are those with complementary skills, producers who act instead of talking, managers who plan, coordinate, monitor, and control, creative people who come up with new ideas and contribute to change, and people who encourage the team to work together. It consists of "unifying" people who pull the goals in the same direction.

WHAT MUST BE ACHIEVED…

Instead of "trying to create successful team leaders," the focus should be "creating successful teams through team members." What needs to be achieved is ensuring that "the team leader earns the respect of all team members" and "all team members feel good." "People who feel good always produce good results" should not be forgotten.

Many business owners and managers dream of creating a company where "all employees are happy, peaceful, and perform at their best."

If you see yourself as a team player in professional life, you should strive to do your best. This is an important issue that concerns not only you but also your entire team and workplace. In the end, the entire team will win.