1. Teamwork "Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success."
-Author Unknown

2. Why Is Teamwork Important?

3. Creates Synergy, Less Hierarchy
Supports an empowered way of working
Promotes less hierarchy among employees
Encourages multi-disciplinary work
Fosters flexibility and responsiveness
Pleases customers who like working with teams
Promotes sense of achievement
Creates synergy – where the sum is greater than the parts. (the interaction of multiple elements in a system to produce an effect different from or greater than the sum of their individual effects.)
Supports a more empowered way of working, removing constraints which may prevent someone doing their job properly.
Promotes flatter and leaner structures, with less hierarchy.
Encourages multi-disciplinary work where teams cut across organizational divides.
Fosters flexibility and responsiveness, especially the ability to respond to change.
Pleases customers who like working with good teams (sometimes the customer may be part of the team).
Promotes the sense of achievement, equity and camaraderie, essential for a motivated workplace.
When managed properly, teamwork is a better way to work!

4. Output Quality, Morale, and Retention
There are a number of downsides to working alone that affect output quality and morale:
Working alone makes it harder to get early and continual design feedback, thereby decreasing output quality. 
Working alone reduces learning.
Working on a team increases the bus factor for a project. 
Working on a team increases accountability.
Slower project momentum from working alone reduces morale. 
The highs of a project are more motivating when working as a team. 
The lower morale from solo projects also tends to mean lower employee happiness and consequently lower retention.
Working effectively as part of a team is incredibly important for output quality, morale, and retention. 
The reality is that there are a number of downsides and risks to working alone that affect output quality and morale:
Working alone makes it harder to get early and continual design feedback, thereby decreasing output quality. A tight feedback cycle is critical to achieving a productive state of flow, and the earlier that you can get feedback, the less likely that you’ll waste time going down the wrong path and earlier you’ll know to correct your course. In practice, one place where this shows up in software development is that it’s significantly easier for someone to review your code and to give good feedback if they actually work on the same team as you and share the same project context as you; it’s much harder to for someone on a different project to give you code.
Working alone reduces learning. One part of this is related to the first point, where there are fewer people with a shared context to challenge your ideas. Another is that because the project takes much longer to complete, each individual working along works on fewer projects over time.
Working on a team increases the bus factor for a project. The bus factor of a project refers to the number of team members that can be hit by a bus (or get sick, leave the company, go on maternity leave, etc.) before a project comes to a complete halt; a higher bus factor reduces risk on a project. It also helps prevent obscure and undocumented shortcuts taken by a single individual and forces team members to spread knowledge and to do things in a way that other people on the team can pick up if necessary.
Working on a team increases accountability. Peer pressure is a powerful force. Particularly if you’re working with people whom you respect and don’t want to let down, the motivation to help your team succeed can override the dips in motivation that you encounter on days when you’re not at your best.
Teamwork increases the accountability of every member of the team, especially when working under people who command a lot of respect within the business. Team members do not want to let each other down and hence do their best to contribute to the successes of their teams. In contrast to working solo on a project, peer pressure is usually high within teams such that cases of low morale are less likely to impact individuals. As a business owner, you would benefit from increased productivity through efficient team projects, which may be completed well ahead of the deadline.
Slower project momentum from working alone reduces morale. Project estimation is hard, and projects tend to slip behind schedule. In single-person projects, a single stall can put the project to a halt, just like how in a grocery store with only one checkout line, one problematic customer or one item that needs a price check can put all sales to a temporary halt. With at least one additional person on the project, there can still at least be some forward momentum. A related point is that people tend to think about time spent on a project in terms of time elapsed and not time invested, so even if you’ve only been working part-time on a project for two months spread out over half a year, it’s hard for you and others within the organization to internalize that and not think the entire project proceeded slowly and took half a year to complete. This disappointment at the time elapsed to a finish a project can also reduce overall morale and excitement.
The lows of a project are more demoralizing when working alone. Sand traps that you struggle to get out of, monotonous work that you need to grind through, and bugs that seem to defy all understanding become less draining and more bearable when there’s someone else to share the pain with.
The highs of a project are more motivating when working as a team. Celebrating an achievement with teammates is a great way to boost morale. If you work alone, who are you going to high-five when you get something working?
The lower morale from solo projects also tends to mean lower employee happiness and consequently lower retention. For all these reasons, I strongly believe that one-person teams should be avoided in growing organizations and that the minimum team size should be two. In any project, there might be one-person tasks, but grouping those tasks thematically into a shared team context so that people are still working together toward a shared goal rather than working separately mitigates a lot of the above risks.
For companies with many ongoing projects or for products with large surface areas, it’s tempting to argue that because there’s so much to get done anyways, it makes sense to just staff a number of one-person teams (an oxymoron) on orthogonal projects to make some progress on everything. This can be a symptom that the organization is undisciplined enough to prioritize and either cut or serialize projects.
All of this doesn’t mean that working on a team is easy. We’ve all probably had our share of project experiences where slackers who don’t pull their own weight take the fun out of teamwork. But given the above risks, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t figure out and practice how to build effective teams.

5. Teamwork at work

6. Bond
Teamwork provides employees with an opportunity to bond with one another, which improves relations among them.
Workers feel valued upon the successful completion of tasks.
Enhances respect for each other.
Increases cohesion among members, thanks to increased trust among team members.
Teamwork is important in an organization because it provides employees with an opportunity to bond with one another, which improves relations among them. Workers who constitute a team working on a project often feel valued upon the successful completion of such tasks. A situation in which all of them find a chance to contribute towards the tasks improves relations within the team and enhances their respect for each other. Improved employee relations also result from the fact that teamwork enhances cohesion among members, thanks to increased trust among them.

7. Teamwork helps employees…
Bond—becoming more familiar with each other
Cooperate—Learning how to work together.
Teamwork in the workplace offers the company and staff the ability to become more familiar with each other and learn how to work together. There are several ways in which teamwork is important and vital to the success of the company and to the development of each employee. Understanding those important elements will assist in developing company policies geared toward encouraging team growth in the workplace.

8. Cooperate
Opportunity for new workers to learn from more experienced employees.
Acquire skills that didn’t have previously.
Challenge each others’ ideas.
Find solution that contributes to successful completion of task.
Reduces work pressure for individual workers.
Cooperating on a project is an opportunity for new workers to learn from more experienced employees. Teams often consist of members who differ from one another in terms of skills or talents. Working together is a great opportunity to acquire skills that an employee never had beforehand. Unlike working alone on a project, teamwork affords people the opportunity to challenge the ideas of each other and come up with a compromise solution that contributes to the successful completion of the task.
Cooperating together on various tasks reduces workloads for all employees by enabling them to share responsibilities or ideas. Teamwork also reduces the work pressure on every worker, which allows him to be thorough in the completion of the assigned roles. In sharing ideas or responsibilities, every employee should have a role that suits his specialization.

9. Important for Company and Employee
Teamwork is important and vital to the success of the company and to the development of each employee.
Delegation
Efficiency
Ideas
Support

10. Delegation Divide up tasks so most qualified person completes them.
Accomplish job tasks the best way possible.
Delegation
A team that works well together understands the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. One of the benefits of strong teamwork in the workplace is that team leaders and members become proficient at dividing up tasks so they are done by the most qualified people. Without strong teamwork, it can be difficult for managers and executives to determine which staff members can best accomplish job tasks.
"There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play."
-William B. Given, Jr.

11. Efficiency
A task is given to an efficient team and the team's work pace assures that it will be completed quickly and accurately.
Result: The company can take on more work and generate more revenue.
Employee’s level of interest also positively influences efficiency or speed of output.
Efficiency
Work groups and teams develop systems that allow them to complete tasks efficiently and quickly. When a task is handed to a well-trained and efficient team, the team's work pace assures that the task will be completed quickly and accurately. This allows the company to take on more work and generate more revenue without having to add more staff. This becomes helpful when efficient teams from different departments work together. Each team is well aware of its own abilities and the groups can work together effectively as opposed to disjointed groups of employees who may not be familiar with how to work together.
You should also consider employees' levels of interest in the project at hand, which positively influences the efficiency or speed of their output in accomplishing the task.

12. Ideas Teams meet to discuss how to solve company issues.
Staff members feel comfortable brainstorming.
Company benefits from suggestions.
Ideas
Teams in the workplace often meet to discuss how to solve company issues. When a team works well together, it allows staff members to feel more comfortable in offering suggestions. Team members become accustomed to processing brainstorming information, and the company benefits from the variety of suggestions that come from effective teams.

13. Support
Strong team environment can act as a support mechanism for staff members.
Help each other improve performance and professional development.
Team members rely on and trust each other.
Support
There are challenges each day in any workplace, and a strong team environment can act as a support mechanism for staff members. Work group members can help each other improve their performance and work together toward improving their professional development. Team members also come to rely on each other and trust each other. These bonds can be important when the team faces a particularly difficult challenge or if the group is forced to deal with the loss of a team member while still trying to maintain productivity.

14. an Effective Team Player
If you were choosing team members for a business team in your organization, who would the best team players be? Assuming that people have the right technical skills for the work to be done, what other factors would you use to select your team members?
Teams need strong team players to perform well.
What defines such people?

15. Demonstrates Reliability
Gets work done
Does fair share to work hard and meet commitments.
Follows through on assignments.
Consistency is key.
Delivers good performance all the time.

16. Communicates Constructively
Speaks up and expresses thoughts and ideas clearly, directly, honestly, and with respect for others and for the work of the team.
Does not shy away from making a point but makes it in the best way possible—in a positive, confident, and respectful manner.

17. Listens Actively
Can absorb, understand, and consider ideas and points of view from other people without debating and arguing every point.
Receives criticism without reacting defensively.
Team members need the discipline to listen first and speak second so that meaningful dialogue results.

18. Functions as an Active Participant
Comes prepared for team meetings and listens and speaks up in discussions.
Fully engaged in the work of the team and does not sit passively on the sidelines.
Takes the initiative to help make things happen, and volunteers for assignments.
Approach is can-do: "What contribution can I make to help the team achieve success?"

19. Shares Openly and Willingly
Willing to share information, knowledge, and experience.
Takes the initiative to keep other team members informed.
Needs to feel comfortable talking with one another and passing along important news and information day-to-day.
Keeps other team members in the loop with information and has expertise that helps get the job done and prevents surprises.
Much of the communication within teams takes place informally. Beyond discussion at organized meetings, team members need to feel comfortable talking with one another and passing along important news and information day-to-day. Good team players are active in this informal sharing. They keep other team members in the loop with information and expertise that helps get the job done and prevents surprises.

20. Cooperates and Pitches in to Help
Works with others and acts together to accomplish a job.
Despite differences may have with others concerning style and perspective, figures out ways to work together to solve problems and get work done.
Responds to requests for assistance and takes the initiative to offer help.

21. Exhibits Flexibility Adapts to ever-changing situations.
Doesn’t complain or get stressed out because something new is being tried or some new direction is being set.
Can consider different points of views and compromise when needed.
Doesn't hold rigidly to a point of view and argue it to death, especially when the team needs to move forward to make a decision or get something done.
Firm in thoughts yet open to what others have to offer.

22. Shows Commitment Cares about work, the team, and the team's work.
Shows up every day with this care and commitment up front.
Gives a good effort, and wants other team members to do the same.
Don't need to be rah-rah, cheerleader types. May even be soft-spoken, but not passive. Care about what the team is doing and contribute to its success—without needing a push.
Look beyond own work and care about the team's overall work.
Problem-solvers don't simply rehash a problem the way problem-dwellers do. They don't look for others to fault, as the blamers do. And they don't put off dealing with issues, the way avoiders do.

23. Works as a Problem-Solver
Willing to deal with all kinds of problems in a solutions-oriented manner.
Get problems out in the open for discussion and then collaborates with others to find solutions and form action plans.
Problem-solvers, not problem-dwellers, problem-blamers, or problem-avoiders. don't put off dealing with issues, the way avoiders do.

24. Treats Others in a Respectful and Supportive Manner
Shows courtesy and consideration—not just some of the time but consistently.
Shows understanding and the appropriate support of other team members to help get the job done.
Doesn't place conditions on when they’ll provide assistance, when they'll choose to listen, and when they'll share information.
Has a sense of humor and knows how to have fun (but not at someone else's expense).
Deals with others in a professional manner.

25. Teamwork Leads to SUCCESS
Teamwork is about winning. Not in the sense of beating your opponent, but about seeing the whole team succeed and knowing you contributed to the success.
In the end, their commitment is about winning — not in the sports sense of beating your opponent but about seeing the team succeed and knowing they have contributed to this success. Winning as a team is one of the great motivators of employee performance. Good team players have and show this motivation.

26. References
Importance of Teamwork in Organizations by Bob Kelly, Demand Media
Forbes Why and Where is Team Work Important? by Edmond Lau
Why Teamwork is Important
Importance of Teamwork at Work by Arnold Anderson, Demand Media
Why is Teamwork Important?
Ten Qualities of an Effective Team Player By Marty Brounstein