Events:
College to Career Program - Job Search Strategies: Navigating Your Path to Success!
Tuesday, October 29, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Virtual
Building Your Digital Professional Profile
Thursday, October 17, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Student Services Building, 1151 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ
Job Search Strategies and On-Campus Jobs Application Workshop
Wednesday, October 9, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Polytechnic - Cooley Ballroom, Student Union, 5999 S Backus Mall, Mesa, Arizona 85212
Check out other upcoming events!
October Competency Focus - Teamwork
The National Association of Colleges and Employers defines teamwork as building and maintaining collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities. Teamwork is a crucial skill to develop in the workplace, below are some ways for you to develop this competency.
Helpful Articles
11 Benefits of Teamwork in the Workplace
By: Team Asana
The Importance of Teamwork (As Proven by Science)
By: Tracy Middleton
How to Build Better Teams in the Workplace
By: Gallup
Recommended Trainings
By: Chris Croft
Collaborating Principles and Processes
By: Prakash Raman
By: Madecraft and Britt Andreatta
Level-Up Experiences
The following are recommended ways for you to practice and level-up your teamwork skills this month within your current job. Feel free to use these suggestions or come up with your own. Once you have finished an experience, be sure to add it to your accomplishment tracker.
Listen to Others
Prepare: Listening to others point of views is very important when doing work. Thinks of ways you can improve how you listen to your supervisor and coworkers. Incorporate other viewpoints into your work.
Take Action: Make sure you are actively listening and hearing what the other person is saying. Take time to understand and ask questions.
Reflect: Reflect on how your work improved through listening to others. Most likely, it will make your work suitable for a large audience!
Collaborate with a Team Member
Prepare: Use your personal strengths and strengths of a team member to collaborate on a project!
Take Action: Next project you have, think of who can collaborate with to make the outcome even better!
Reflect: Reflect on what collaborating brought to the project and how it elevated your work.
Build Strong Professional Relationship
Prepare: Building strong relationships is essential for working together as a team. Decide who you have good relationships with and what relationships you would like to work on.
Take Action: Work on improving your relationships. Ask others for help when you need it, ask them how they are doing, and communicate clearly.
Reflect: Reflect on how your relationships have grown.
Want to Share?
Are you aware of resources, events, or training that would be good to share with other Working Learners? Please email us your ideas for inclusion in upcoming monthly level-up communications. Send suggestions to workplus@asu.edu
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