Teamwork takes individuals to work – to work ultimately together towards the same focus – this increases the quality of the product in the end.
These skills are a basic list but that will help you start now to be a better musician to come back to a band/team with amazing success. Have a growth mindset and take your time, you won’t get these right every day but trying to vs not doing is the most important.
1- Listen to others: listen to their message
There is a time to talk and a time to listen and the time to listen comes twice as often as the time to talk.
We can often find ourselves so concerned about what we have to say that we never really hear what the person is saying.
If we only want to get our message across, we might be missing some big ideas other people can see, that we don’t.
2- Sacrifice
Each musician may evaluate what they are truly willing to let go of and then continue to be willing, when the time comes, that they are asked to let that go. It could be anything from your time, resources, to who is leading.
3- Sharing
What one person knows is maybe the key to another person’s problem. We have to be willing to share those points especially when it will make someone else look better.
4- Communication
When there are problems or successes – a team has to be willing to communicate effectively and openly especially over what went right and wrong. It is important to sit with issues that you have as a team and discuss them but it is also important to analyse your successes.
5- Language
It is so important that you have an established habit of speaking in an uplifting way.
The message might be great but if it’s delivered poorly it might come across wrong.
If you are at all demeaning or domineering or insulting it will grind the team to a halt. People will still be willing to sacrifice, share and discuss just not with every member of the team. Meaning that the team just became rivals.
6- Hard work
Team members have to be willing to work hard on an individual basis and then turn that hard work over to the team so that as a whole you can make your work meaningful and achieve a greater goal.
7- Persuade
Everyone should be encouraged to exchange, defend and then eventually rethink their ideas. You have to love your idea but be open-minded to others and see where they might be coming from.
Author – Rob Huskinson
