There is a saying that many hands make light work. The essence of this statement is that more can be achieved as a collective than individually. There are numerous benefits of teamwork. Here are top 6.
1. Creativity
We all have different skills, knowledge and personal attributes. By utilising all of these different aspects in a team, more ideas can be generated. As more ideas are generated, more creative solutions are generated, leading to better results.
2. Satisfaction
Lack of job satisfaction is often one of the key things highlighted in surveys of employees. Individuals working together as a team to achieve a common goal are continually developing. As they interact more energy and enthusiasm is created. When this energy is utilised, it produces results which positively impacts on motivation and leads to even more success.
3. Skills
Even the best qualified individual cannot have all of the skills to do everything. Some people excel at coming up with the ideas. Others love the detail while there are those that focus on the big picture. There are others who can be counted on when it comes to implementing and follow through of a plan.
4. Speed
Imagine that you have a project that needs research, pulling together a proposition, financing it, implementing it and delivering specific benefits. If one person was allocated this task, it could take months and maybe years to make it happen. By splitting up the project, work can move forward in parallel and the ultimate goal achieved faster.
5Sounding Board
We all have a range of options open to us. If we are trying to figure out what is best, we might never move forward. In a team situation, other team members can act as a sounding board, allowing us to cut through the options and get on with those most likely to achieve the desired goal.
6. Support
It is amazing the amount of camaraderie that is created in teams, especially when the going gets tough. People will often go to what seems like extreme lengths when they know that they can rely on the support and encouragement of the team. Never underestimate the significance of this in achieving results.

Effective work-life benefits encourage employees to work harder and discourage them from quitting their jobs, according to research by the Corporate Executive Board.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, men and women hold similar views of work-life benefits, the board found in a survey of over 50,000 workers. Moreover, star employees assign almost as much importance to work-life balance as other employees and have similar work-life preferences.

The report found that people who are happy with their work-life benefits

• Work 21 percent harder
• Are 33 percent more likely to plan to stay at that organization

Existing Work-Life Benefits

Current work-life benefits could be better, the report found. Only 16 percent of employees are satisfied with their organization's work-life practices. Nearly a third of workers are skimping on work to meet personal commitments.

The majority of people don't even know what's available to them. Fewer than one-third of employees are aware of their employer's work-life offerings. Work-life benefits might include permission for telecommuting, flexible hours and on-site or subsidized child care.

Of those who are aware, only 25 percent say those offerings match their preferences. And more than half of employees never use the available work-life benefits.

What Work-Life Benefits Do Employees Want?

Employees prefer work-life benefits that help them manage their workload. For instance, they like flexible work schedules, an appropriate amount of work and predictable working hours.

When asked about the five most desirable employer practices,

• 63 percent of employees included a flexible work schedule
• 62 percent cited an appropriate workload
• 13 percent was the average for all other work-life practices.

"Good Pay is not only the factor of best job. People Start realize having a job which able you to balance on work-life may be the best job offer."

5 Things You’ll Miss by Not Working In An Office

1. Watercooler Chit-Chat

2. Set Starting and Finishing Times
3. A Good Reason to Get Up
4. The Ability to Corner Someone In the Kitchen
5. The BOSS