<p>Hello, I am Bon Prisa Jakobsen, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer and Online Content Creator.</p>
<p>We have learnt 5 key skills to help us work as a team, most of which are about self-awareness. Now for 6-10, they are going to be about communicating with others.</p>
<h2>6. Understand Other People's Strengths</h2>
<p>Sixth, understand other people's strengths.</p>
<p>Actually, this is quite automatic. If you understand yourself, you'll start to see strengths in other people. Don't just look at what they're not good at.</p>
<p>Imagine if someone tells you, "You don't look so confident when you speak." They would be highlighting a weakness. But if they came up and said "You're such a detailed planner. I really like your work. It's so easy to follow." When someone recognizes your strengths, you are happy to work with them. Who would you prefer to work with? Of course, people who see the good in us.</p>
<p>If we find what each team member is good at, not only do they love us but we will also know, when the team needs specific skills, who to go to.</p>
<p>For example, I have a deadline which requires work to be urgently completed. We need to rush to complete the project. We know that Jang's strength is public speaking. "Jang, You speak so well, please help.". Or a client doesn't like a proposed idea. We need a revision today. We know Bom is a very creative person. Bom, can you help me?</p>
<p>First, they get to do good for the team. Second, they'll be proud to use their strengths. Giving someone the chance to feel proud of themselves is the best gift you can ever give them.</p>
<h2>7. Communication and Teamwork</h2>
<p>The 7th key is communication; communicating with the team to align goals. Where are we today? What direction are we going in? Communication is the most important thing.</p>
<p>Have you ever watched a cooking show? The Chef working in the kitchen is yelling all the time, shouting "the fish is almost cooked, where are the vegetables? How long before we can serve? The gravy must come at the same time!". If they don't communicate with each other, the fish may arrive first, stand around and go dry. The gravy will thicken while it's waiting for the vegetables.</p>
<p>Team communication is essential. It's vital.</p>
<h2>8. Be Responsible For Your Work</h2>
<p>The eighth key is responsibility. Let's say you have all 7 skills so far, but you lack responsibility for your work. You compliment other people's strengths but your own work is never finished. No-one will want to work with you.</p>
<p>So it's really important to be responsible for your own work; to be accountable.</p>
<h2>9. Know Their Language</h2>
<p>Number 9; learn each other's language. Of course, in Thailand our language is Thai, but here we are talking about &ldquo;language&rdquo; in a different context.</p>
<p>For example, one person may be analytical; they hear some news and start analyzing different scenarios; what could have happened. That means this person likes reasoning and evidence. When you talk with them you need to present both valid reasoning and evidence. For example, if you said "I think this idea is better", they will say "OK, but where's the evidence?". So you need to know that they like evidence.</p>
<p>Some people have a lot of empathy and are good at understanding people's feelings. So, when you talk to them, you should use emotional language. For example, "I'm uncomfortable doing this because I'm not good at it". "Uncomfortable" would be the keyword for someone with empathy, because they relate to emotions well.</p>
<p>For some, language may be small things. I've got a friend who works in an organization and she says her boss really likes shredded pork. When she&rsquo;s in meetings with her boss, she brings shredded pork with her.</p>
<p>This is understanding each other's language, by knowing people's likes and dislikes. Trust me, when you talk in their language, the conversation will be easy.</p>
<h2>10. Use Positive Words</h2>
<p>Number 10, the last take home, is to use positive words.</p>
<p>Inject positive psychology into your work. Positive psychology is about using positive words. For example, instead of saying that the result is "awful", lose "awful" in favor of "The results show there's room for improvement". It's more encouraging.</p>
<p>Or instead of saying, "This project is hard", we can change "hard" to "challenging". We can say, "This project is challenging". You feel it when it's spoken, right? It fuels us to do the task.</p>
<p>So try to notice when someone says something that makes you feel empowered. Store those words to use among your team, because these words are the fuel that ignites your team.</p>
<h2>Becoming a Good Team Player</h2>
<p>So these are the 10 keys that will help people on the team love you and you to accept yourself.</p>
<p>It's easy. You just need to know the skills you have that can help the team, including empathy; understanding others. Let other people shine with their skills, be responsible for your work, and reach out to team members when you can. Use positive language among your team, and keep communication flowing all the time.</p>
<p>That's it! The team will be effective and everyone in the team will love each other. You could be the superstar of the team who everyone loves and accepts.</p>
<p>CI Talks.</p>
<p>Have you watched Episode 1? Get Bon Jakobsen&rsquo;s first 5 takeaways in: &ldquo;<a href="https://citalks.com/talk/working-as-a-team-player/video">Working as a Team Player</a>&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Know yourself. Know your strengths and your weaknesses, to increase teamwork efficiency.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, if you ask someone to name the thing that makes them most uncomfortable at work, most will say it's not the work itself but the people; their bosses or their colleagues.</p>
<p>When we work as a team, there can be communication issues, conflicts of thought or style. But have you ever noticed that person in the workplace who is the popular superstar of the team, and adored by everyone? That person has certain skills. The good news is those skills can be learned.</p>
<p><strong>Hello, I am Bon Prisa Jakobsen. Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer and Online Content Creator.</strong></p>
<p>Most of my work helps people to better understand themselves by knowing their strengths and weaknesses. , including how to talk in public, to help make people become more confident in themselves. I am also an executive coach. This involves building confidence and helping executives reflect and achieve more clarity in leading their respective organizations.</p>
<h2>Identify Your Skills</h2>
<p>Some say those who can communicate well are born with this talent. It's God's gift. I beg to differ. Otherwise, there wouldn't be schools for communication or public speaking.</p>
<p>These skills can be learned. Some may be more lucky than others; their upbringing, their lives, and the environment force them to use their communication skills. That's why they are good at speaking because they have been using that skill. Some families don't really communicate or lack social circles, so they are not good at speaking. That said, skills are there to be developed. I believe in human potential to overcome anything.</p>
<p>Throughout my 10 years of work, training or coaching, what I see in a person who is widely accepted in the team is that they possess common skills. Let me call them the key skills that will make a person work smoothly in a team. We'll talk about those skills here on CI Talks.</p>
<h2>Be the Ultimate Team Player at Work</h2>
<h3>Believe in Teamwork</h3>
<p>First is to believe in teamwork. Why? Your beliefs are your thoughts. Thoughts lead to feelings and feelings lead to behaviors.</p>
<p>Let's say you prefer going solo, you perform when you do things by yourself. How will your behavior be? It's likely you don't communicate, avoid people and work alone. But when you believe teamwork is great and that it'll help you go far, It'll be reflected in your behavior. You will cooperate, talk, consult and will do anything to make the team run more smoothly. Therefore, believing that teamwork is better than working alone is very important.</p>
<h3>Know Your Strengths</h3>
<p>Second is to know your strengths. You need to know what talents you have. These talents need nurturing. Talents that you are born with may not have been realized or developed yet. It means that when you use those skills, you may still have a blind spot. There may be angles that you miss whilst using those skills. Some people are naturally drawn to responsibility. Their blind spot may be overwork and no family time. To overcome these blind spots, you need to understand your talents and transform them into strengths.</p>
<h3>Understand your Strengths</h3>
<p>Third is to understand your strengths. Many don't know their strengths or selling points. There are 3 ways to better understand yourself.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>1- Ask a friend</strong><br />First, find your strengths via friends and people around you because they see us in ways that we do not see ourselves. They can point out what you do well. For example, they may say you are good at taking care of people and offering advice. You see that your strength is helping others. You can also say that it's empathy; understanding the feelings of others.</li>
<li><strong>2- Review yourself</strong><br />Second is to review and question yourself. Has your skill led to 1) Achievement, 2) Happiness and 3) a desire to use the skill again. Many times I have told people that they need to search for their own strengths. Someone may say, "My strength is cooking.". Cooking is not a strength though. You need to focus on skills, not what you like to do.</li>
<li><strong>3- Take a Strengths Finder Test </strong><br />Third is to take a strengths-finder test. You'll discover your core strengths.</li>
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<h3>What Skills Do You Bring to the Team?</h3>
<p>Fourth is to realize how your strengths contribute to teamwork. When you know what your strengths are, let's say to immediately execute the tasks, you have a very efficient work ethic. This is what we call Activator.</p>
<p>Once you know that you are that kind of person, you will need to look into your team and see how your attributes can contribute. When there's an additional or urgent project you will be able to persuade the team why you need to do this right now. Those who have the skills to do work quickly will also drive others to start working promptly. It's like being a motivator for others.</p>
<p>Hence, understanding yourself is one thing. But to understand how your skills can add on to the team is how you become well loved by the team.</p>
<h3>Help Others When You Can</h3>
<p>Fifth is about help. Helping others when we can. Because when working as a team, everyone has their own duties.</p>
<p>Let's say you are so overwhelmed with work when suddenly your colleague comes up and asks if you need help. How do you feel? Grateful, thankful and happy right? Even though they may not be able to help much, it's the thought that counts, isn't it?</p>
<p>You can also be that person. Whenever you are done with your work, try walking up to your colleagues and see how your strengths can be of benefit to them. Once you have offered them help, they'll feel thankful and love you more.</p>
<h2>Teamwork is Important for Success</h2>
<p>I think, no matter what, teamwork will not disappear from this world. Even though the situations may require us to be separated, humans are naturally born with the "social brain". We think together, we improve on things together.</p>
<p>According to studies, to solve a problem, working as a team will get a better solution than doing it alone. I feel that humans will always need each other.</p>
<p>CI Talks</p>
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Communication skills are essential if you want your team to succeed. Learn how to get along with your colleagues and make them want to work with you. Discover 5 types of communication that will help you achieve this and make you an invaluable player on the team.

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