Increase Your Job Security - 7 Tips to Be a Great Team Member

Your job may just depend on it. No pressure. But the reality is the recession has caused companies to make tough choices about who to keep and who to let go. Unfortunately, many are being let go. As each month passes the unemployment level increases. You don't have to be part of that statistic. While there are no guarantees, the value you add to your organization may save you from an unexpected layoff. The better you relate to others in your organization, the harder it is to get rid of you.

7 tips to be a great team member

1. Be trustworthy - Embrace the three key factors to building trust with others: reliability, credibility, and transparency. Organizations need trustworthy people because trust is the bedrock to success.

2. Listen - Give the gift of an open ear to others on your team. Be a rebel in your organization and take time to give your full attention to your team members.

3. Accept - Examine your verbal and non-verbal cues. Do they communicate openness and acceptance toward others and do others know you to be approachable? If not, find ways to change the way you relate to others. Warmth between people creates a strong bond.

4. Add - Add value, ideas, and contributions to others on your team. Seek ways to serve without expecting to receive a kickback.

5. Give all you got - Invest yourself into your role giving all that you have to it. As you do so, you become a person that others can count on to deliver.

6. Make others look good - Give up on self-preservation. You can't save yourself no matter how hard you try. As you raise the value in others, you raise the value in yourself.

7. Let your ego go - Drop your ego and your need to get ahead of others, and work humbly for the sake of the greater good that your team is pursuing. Remember, one of the criteria for you were judged on as a child was, "Works well with others." I guarantee you, that criteria hasn't changed now that you're an adult. Team members who work well with others have staying power.

Bottom line: Your job security may be just dependent on your ability to relate well with others on your team.

Mike Weaver, is co-founder and partner with The Group Mind, http://thegroupmind.com We work with organizations to create healthy, productive, and innovative teams. Our workshops are based in improv and are fun, engaging, insightful, and create lasting positive impacts with everyone involved. Visit our website at the above link for more information with The Group Mind. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mike_Weaver