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Anonymous A
on Oct 10, 2019
Global

What do you think constitutes successful teamwork?

How would you answer this question in your Personal Fit interview? Receive feedback on your answer and browse through the Q&As to review the approaches of other applicants and experts.

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on Oct 31, 2019
McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Empathy; trust; open and honest feedback; clear team norms.

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Antonello

Anonymous R
on Jan 04, 2024

the best team work is where the communication is the main important thing

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Anonymous B
on Jan 02, 2020

What everyone knows what to do and is on the same page in the process. Good communication. 

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on Jul 06, 2020
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Anonymous J
on Oct 26, 2022

Setting common goals, allocating responsibilities, communicate clearly and exchange feedback along the way, motivate others when needed, trust, celebrate achievements and failures together 

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on Nov 22, 2022

I would say three things constitute successful teawork

First: respect, listening to each others ideas, not mocking each other is necessary for any group to create synergies

Second: Openess, there must be enough confidence between teammembers as for everyone to be open about their opinions and suggestions

Lastly: Not scoring. Team members work together, not against each other, so keeping track of every little action would only create frictions as perception would be different. Of course extra effort should be rewarded, but in a team way, not making other feel less valued. Which would be even better because it would create recognition from the own team.

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Anonymous D
on Sep 07, 2021

Open communication, minimum degree of harmony, healthy mix of diversity, as well as support/offering helping hands

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Anonymous F
edited on Sep 24, 2021

1. Clear understanding of roles and responsibilities 

2. Optimal allocation of responsibilities 

3. Trust 

4. Collective thinking 

5. Open and honest feedback conversations

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Anonymous I
edited on Mar 13, 2022

The key to successful teamwork is trust and communication. Tasks and responsibilities need to be clearly defined. There needs to be open communication in order to tackle problems as soon as they arise. Moreover clear feedback among all team members is essential.

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Anonymous H
on Feb 23, 2022

I think that communication is one of the most essential qualities that leads to successful teamwork. Having been in multiple teams, communicating with my team about what is to be done or them communicating with me about their capabilities or limitations has helped me strategize the next steps. 

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on Mar 19, 2022

Kommunikation, Zwischenstände vorstellen, Kompromisse eingehen, Feedback einfordern, 

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on Jun 02, 2023

Synergy in team work between people involved and clear and concise communication to solve key problems 

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Anonymous O
on Jul 03, 2023

A successful teamwork would be engaging the whole team members to work and engagement of all team members to do their work.

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on Jan 02, 2025

Willingness of each member to accept ideas of others and compromise to balance out the strenghts and weaknesses of team as whole 

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on Jan 17, 2022

A team can only work successfully when all memebers fullfill a task and thus feel needed to contribute to the overall objective. To coordinate all of the different characters/roles and tasks in a team a good communication base in inevitable as well as transparency within the group.   

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on Jul 20, 2022

There are 3 things that constitute a successful teamwork

1) Relationship with the team members: Without a doubt having a good relationship with your teammates brings out the desire to work with them and enhances internal understanding

2) Trust: You need to place trust in your teammates that they are great at what they do and leave them in charge of what they are good at

3) Diversity of opinions: An acceptance of diversity of opinions within the team helps cover everything, enables a new perspective, and avoids leaving any potential blind spots unguarded

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Anonymous N
on Jun 19, 2023

Sense of responsibility for the outcome

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on Feb 23, 2022

Transparency, Trust and freedom of expression

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Anonymous K
on Dec 17, 2022

trust and communication. 

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on Jan 04, 2023

Good division of the tasks

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on Feb 13, 2023

Kommunikation, Transparenz, Miteinander, Aufgabenverteilung

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on May 06, 2023

succesful teamwork is an essential part of being succesful

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Anonymous M
on May 12, 2023

Knowing that different people have different working styles, and try to leverage on people’s strengths within the team. 

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Anonymous C
on Apr 08, 2021
Anonymous E
on Sep 13, 2021

Effective listening; constructive criticism 

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Anonymous G
on Nov 20, 2021

Synergien schaffen 

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on Dec 12, 2021

Openness, curiosity and genuine interest

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on Jan 25, 2022

complementary abilities

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on Jun 11, 2022

collaboration

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on Aug 04, 2022

A succesfull team is constituted by factors

  1. Sinergy
  2. Organization
  3. Communication
  4. Empathy
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Anonymous L
on Mar 27, 2023

listen to others. Cooperate to tackle hard things. Complement each other's abilities.

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Anonymous P
on Jul 13, 2023

Successful teamwork is about setting the right expectations and targets within a team, and being aware of the other member's working style. I think communication is a key aspect to this, it is important to understand the conditions that people best perform in, and to open channels for communication and updates. Some might need closer management, and others like more independence. I think successful teamwork is observed when it is evident that the output is coherent, everyone has visbility over the workstreams they were less involved in, and are comfortable talking about it.

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on Jul 26, 2023

trust, openness, honesty, reliability

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on Aug 11, 2023

Ich glaube, eine erfolgreihce Teamarbeit gliedert sich in 3 Punkte:

- offene & ehrliche Kommunikation
- Hilfbereitschaft
- respektvoller Umgang

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on Nov 05, 2023

be positive and focues

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Anonymous Q
on Nov 26, 2023

I believe three main components constitute a successful teamwork:

1- Openness to feedback: It is essential to constantly seek constructive feedback from your peers, teammate and managers to identify and work on potential areas of improvement. 
2- Collaboration: joining ideas, strategies and support to achieve common goals
3- Accountability: each team member is accountable for a certain task to be completed successfully

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