How synergy relates to teamwork

Have you ever wondered how synergy relates to teamwork and also how diversity relates to synergy and teamwork? Team synergy takes the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and applies it to teamwork.

This positive synergy enables team members to be their full selves at work—with their unique life experiences, perspectives, talents, and communication styles. In fact, each individual’s unique perspective is exactly what enables a team to get their best work done.

By leaning into each team member’s strengths—while also giving them opportunities to learn from one another—your team can achieve much more together than they would be able to do on their own. Team synergy focuses on the “doing the work” part of diversity.

Diversity describes how similar or different your team is. The more varied experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and beliefs you have on your team, the more diverse your team is.

But we know that simply valuing diversity isn’t enough. In order to achieve team synergy, you can’t just have a diverse team, you also need to empower collaboration and communication between team members in order to build something amazing together.

When team members can be their full selves at work, they can unlock better collaboration and synergy.