双语阅读：你会表现团队精神吗
When it comes to choosing a candidate for a new job or a promotion,employers consistently say they want "a team player."
谈到雇用新员工和晋升下属时，雇主们总是说他们想要有“团队精神”的候选人。
This means someone who can "put the team goals and the team accountability
ahead of their own individual situation," says Steve Kass, president for the
Great Plains district of Robert Half International. Robert Half International,
Great Plains区总裁Steve Kass认为团队精神就是“将团队目标和团队责任位于个人之上”。
But how, exactly, do you go about showing that you're a team player?
Experts offer the following five suggestions for concrete ways you can show your
dedication to the team. 可到底怎样表现才能表明自己具有团队精神呢?下面是专家给出的五个具体建议，让你表现出在为整个团队效力。
1. Meet your deadlines. 按时完成任务
When Accountemps, a division of RHI, surveyed senior executives at large
companies about what it meant to be a team player, the most common reply was
"meets deadlines."
When you're doing one part of a larger project, as is often the case when
you're on a team at work, you can hold up everyone else if you don't get your
work done on time. A good team player is someone other team members know they
can depend on.
2. Be candid. 坦诚
Glenn Parker, a team-building consultant in Princeton, N.J. and author of
"Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies for Developing Successful
Collaboration," believes companies used to have a one-dimensional view of a team
player: someone who worked hard and didn't ask questions. "But the world has
changed," he says. "The idea of just supporting things is not as valued as it
was."
Indeed, in the Accountemps survey, "supports his or her manager" was low on
the list of qualities a team player should have. This doesn't mean managers want
to be undermined -- but many do appreciate suggestions and constructive
criticism.
3. Adapt quickly. 迅速适应
You may work with teams whose members are in different locations. It's
likely you'll be a member of several different teams at work, too, each focused
on a different goal.
Today, with advances in technology, increased globalization and more
diversity in the workplace, team players need to be "more complex, adaptive,
creative and flexible," Parker says.
One way to demonstrate how adaptable you are is to offer to change the way
you work if it seems like it would help your teammates, Kass said.
Attitude is important, too. People used to assume that trust among team
members had to be built over a long period. In today's fast-paced business
world, there may not be time for that. So, Parker says, successful team members
begin by assuming that their coworkers are capable, dependable, and engaged.
4. Appreciate others' work styles. 欣赏别人的工作风格
One person may be good at facilitating communication; another likes to
challenge the group's assumptions. The best teams will have a mix of these
styles and members who appreciate each other's contributions.
"The really good team player, regardless of style, is somebody who can
understand and appreciate and work with people whose style is different from
theirs," Parker says.
5. Avoid politics. 避免办公室政治
In Accountemps' survey, avoiding politics was second only to meeting
deadlines when it came to defining a good team player. "This means," says Kass,
"that you don't let yourself get distracted by issues that aren't crucial to the
team's mission."
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