Title: Working Together or Working Alone - What's More Effective?
Headings: Working Together or Working Alone – What’s More Effective?
Working Together or Working Alone – What’s More Effective?
Contents
The Push for Autonomous Workers
Thoughts on Working Alone
More People Can Mean More Problems
Dealing with an Uneven Playing Field
Thoughts on Working Together
Team Work Develops Important Skills for Your Success
To Work Together or to Work Alone

Content: People who work alone often have a greater sense of ownership at work and more control to do things as they see best. They can more effectively organize their work and complete it more efficiently since they are keeping everything on their plate. There’s often a greater sense of pride and satisfaction once work is completed, and achievement is more easily recognized for those that deserve it. More People Can Mean More Problems
Sometimes, throwing more people at a problem or task can slow progress down rather than speed it up. It can potentially be beneficial to work with other people when trying to address a problem, but ultimately the difference of opinions that naturally come up as you add more people will hinder the process. Issues arise as the group gets larger from things like politics, process, hierarchy (official and non-official), and structure. Working alone, a decision can be made as soon as you say yes or no. As a group, now a decision has to go from person to person to person, each slightly warping it as it moves along in a bad game of “telephone”. Next thing you know, one person doesn’t agree simply because the idea came from a team member that person dislikes. Another person doesn’t agree because they don’t understand the problem.