SWOT

Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities Threats

1.
Pull ideas from people with a variety of experiences & backgrounds/expertise
2.
Gets the job done faster
3.
Two or more heads are better than one
4.
Learn something new from someone else
5.
Benefits from strengths of numerous people
6.
Get inspired by others (hopefully)
7.
Get to learn/work on ideas/concepts you might not have thought of on your own
8.
There would be a competition so that employees would work harder and to reach their goals.
9.
Opportunity to learn from other members. Others can use this skills when you are lacking
10. Diversity of ideas, varying points of view
11. Brainstorming, coming up with ideas & points that other teammates might have missed
12. Bring in different skills
13. Split up different tasks; everyone does their best
14. Common Goal where sum of parts greater than individuals results in higher achievement
15. More ideas presented, more creative
16. Generate better ideas than what is possible by yourself
17. If the team has mutual respect, everyone aspires to work hard and for the good of the group
18. Leadership skills are important
19. Creative and think outside of the box
20. Innovation, original thoughts and concepts

1.
May be difficult to reach consensus
2.
Slows down if one or more person fail to do the job assigned
3.
Too many cooks spoil the soup
4.
Schedules may not line up and it’s hard to meet
5.
Personalities can clash and stop progress
6.
Wrong personality match
7.
One person may end up working harder just to have the project done
8.
Personalities, may get a domineering personality, or someone does not pull their weight
9.
People with difficulty delegating or trusting the work of others may end up frustrated or being a controlling team member
10.
Conflict of personalities might cause problems
11.
Things may not get done in timely manner, if there’s no organizes/planner in the group
12.
Different personalities/characters that collide and make it hard to work constructively
13.
Best idea may not prevail depending on consensus of group
14.
Incentives may be different
15.
“Pass the buck” mentality
16.
If someone is not as strong in an area, the team may not want to work for that person to understand
17.
If people in the group have major disagreements they can’t put to a solution
18.
Differences within the team days delivery of “product” differences hinder fast decision making
19.
Initial uncertainty, personalities blend

1.
Opportunity to gain new insights and develop leadership skills
2.
Meet new people
3.
To learn something new/or you don’t know from others
4.
Opportunity to notice their abilities and powers
5.
To emerge as a leader, show leadership, team-motivation skill
6.
Develop interpersonal skills
7.
To learn much more than just what the project could have enable you to
8.
To learn new technical skills
9.
Realizing your shortcomings or mistakes through your teammates observations
10. Be able to teach other teammates something you’re good at
11. Acquire more leadership skills and learn to push one’s own ideas
12. Develop teamwork skills
13. Learn how to take different approaches to similar problems
14. Get inspired from different ways of solving problem
15. Learn from people who have more “ real world” experience
16. Learn new approach to solving problems
17. Build leadership skills in a safe environment

1.
Inertia “ Bogged down in committee”
2.
Be underappreciated and have no opportunity to shine
3.
Someone taking credit for what you did
4.
“If a leader is assigned, they may receive the majority of the credit if a job is well done”
5.
People who are not willing to put forth the same amount of effort as everyone else
6.
Personalities may clash and cause friction, thus causing tension in the year resulting in less than desirable results
7.
Totally different approach by different characters that endangers a healthy process
8.
Assume other people will do what is required
9.
Nobody will take the responsibility
10. Company promises there will not be layoffs at the end of the day, there are layoffs
11. Different and not widely tested approaches can significantly kills a company/business/organization
12. Can be difficult to get many people in the same place at the same time-scheduling conflicts
13. Different approaches to dealing with others and managing others
14. Powerful personalities can derail team dynamics

1. Successful projects seem to benefit more from groups as apposed to individual work
2. “Electronic advancement, calendar sharing, ease of sharing information. People no longer has to meet in person” – Jessie R
3. Learn to adjust to other personalities
4. Technology helping to organize
5. Learn different mind sets from each other
6. More ideas
7. Trends can substantially open a new market/ business. However, you need creativity and be also firm on the ground