What are some of the advantages for you of working within a team? What is useful, enjoyable or productive about working in a team?

• Fulfil social needs: it is nice to mix with people at work and gives a sense of belonging.
• So much of what we know about ourselves is constructed from the way in which others treat us. So being in a team gives our own perception of our self-worth and place.
• Reduce feelings of insecurity, anxiety and powerlessness which we can get from being on our own. Being in a team gives us confidence.
• Working in a team allows us to develop an agreed set of goals and objectives which is important in any business otherwise people feel they don't know what they are working towards.
• Team working actually polices people in that they will conform to the team's way of doing things. This can be a force for good or evil but it does help people feel they belong.