{"id":385,"date":"2014-06-01T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.practicesolutionsinc.net\/?p=385"},"modified":"2014-06-01T08:00:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T08:00:45","slug":"team-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicesolutionsinc.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/team-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Team WORK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><strong><i>&#8220;Team WORK &#8211; It is the fuel that allows common people to obtain uncommon results<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Team work!\u00a0 A phrase so often used with so many different assumptions of its meaning!\u00a0 The dictionary defines team work as cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team\u00a0or in the interests of a common cause.<\/p>\n<p>The team part\u00a0happens pretty easy.\u00a0 Once we belong to\u00a0a group or organization we automatically become a part of the team.\u00a0 The WORK part of team work is not so easy!\u00a0 It takes work to build happy, healthy and high performing team relationships.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"good teamwork and bad teamwork\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUXdrl9ch_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s newsletter is dedicated to\u00a0the WORK part of team work.\u00a0 BTW&#8230;this message works for your marriage as well.<\/p>\n<p>I have spent years coaching dental teams on how to create\u00a0happy, healthy and high performing\u00a0relationships.\u00a0 Successful team relationships don&#8217;t just happen by accident.\u00a0 They take work just like any relationship.\u00a0 Yet the assumption is that we should all just naturally get along.\u00a0 If that were true I wouldn&#8217;t be so busy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communication<\/strong> is the first core fundamental in team work. It would be very difficult to work together as a team for a common purpose without it! The right hand would never know what the left hand was doing nor what was needed or expected. The team&#8217;s success would be limited to only what each person could accomplish individually.<\/p>\n<p>It is important for the team to create standards on how the team would like to communicate with each other and patients to build successful relationships. The work part is the ongoing focus and commitment to support the standards even when we may not feel like it.<\/p>\n<p>Successful team communication includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communicate Clearly &#8211; Clarify expectations by defining who, what, when, where, why and how.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate Positively &#8211; Smile at each other and speak in a warm and friendly tone.\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid negative sarcasm and gossip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Communicate Respectfully &#8211; Always consider how your words may impact the other person. Ask yourself; how can I say what I need to say and be respectful of how they may feel?<\/li>\n<li>Communicate Professionally &#8211; Use words such as yes, no, please and thank you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collaboration<\/strong> is the second core fundamental needed to enable the team to successfully work together. It is important to remember that there is more than one way (our way) to do things. Collaboration means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharing thoughts and ideas about what works and what does not.<\/li>\n<li>Being open (think outside the box creativity) and willing to listen to new and different ideas from others.<\/li>\n<li>Agreeing on a solution that serves the best interests of the patients and the practice instead do any individual.<\/li>\n<li>Trying again and again and continue to be flexible and to adjust until it does work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Celebration<\/strong> is the third core fundamental to successful team work. It is important to celebrate daily. Even the little things. If our focus is always on the next patient or task we will miss the good in the present moment and eventually we will lose our joy for our work.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking for and becoming aware of what is positive in the present moment. Right here right now what is good?<\/li>\n<li>Being grateful for what is instead of complaining about what isn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li>Showing appreciation for your coworkers and your patients. 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