The importance of teamwork can be learnt not only through adventure, games and lectures, but also by observing mother nature.

Teamwork can be found everywhere in the wild .. from flocks of birds, herds of grass eating herbivores, teams of predators to colonies of ants and termites.

The motivation for teamwork could be for defence ... like flapping of wings by flocks of birds to confuse a predatory eagle.

It could be for food.. the strange Damaraland mole rats, for example, drill through the soil as a team of up to 40 family members, looking for the roots and tubers that fill their empty stomachs.

Lions also team up to spring the trap on wildebeast, with several lionesses needed to topple one of the big beasts.

The teamwork by honey bees, ants and termites is well known and documented.

Teamwork may be availed for survival. Some flowers can be pollinated only by a particular insect. The arrangements have led some scientists to ponder who is getting the better deal: Are the birds and insects slaves to the plant, or is it the other way around? The answer lies in their "symbiotic" relationship -- meaning both organisms benefit mutually from the other.

Now just imagine what would happen to our ecology and these animals, birds and plants if there was'nt a perfect synergy amongst these teams and team members ? If organisations relate their workplace to mother nature, a lot could be achieved. Team members working together, teams working with synergy to achieve the goals and the
vision of an organisation.

Mother Nature has already given us lessons on teamwork and we should learn from her. After all, though having superior intelligence and power of thought, humans are also ... animals.

Any thoughts ??

Sophiya Grenber