Chapter 7: Efficient Teamwork and Meetings
We saw how to manage our tasks and delegation in Chapter 6, Time and Task Management. Now it is time to learn about teamwork. Delegation is not teamwork. With delegation, you ask someone else to do the work. You are just responsible for getting it done.
Figure 7.1 – Types of work
However, with teamwork, you are actively working along with others to complete some task or activity. What are the principles of efficient teamwork?
- Get the work done quickly.
- Everyone should be in sync about work progress.
- Finding and tracking things should be easy.
- Activities across different teams should not get mixed up.
Teamwork is of two types – simple teamwork and teamwork with multiple related tasks or a project. We will dig deeper into them and learn best practices for efficient teamwork.
Figure 7.2 – Types of teamwork
Now, where do meetings fit in? Well,...
