Keys to Effective Team Building and Teamwork

With 20 years of executive experience, Elchanan Grabarsky has worked as the chief operating officer for companies like the RCA Computer Corporation and the Engineering Development Corporation. During that time, Elchanan Grabarsky has developed a range of management skills that includes organizational planning and team building.

Whether it is for a long- or short-term project, team building is one of the first and most essential keys to success. More than filling the team with people whose titles match the requirements, good team building requires finding people whose experience and skills complement each other and the project. Before choosing the first person for the team, consider the scope and reason for the project. Identifying this will not only guide the project as it moves forward but also emphasize which people or departments should be involved.

To ensure the team is working together and not leaving any members behind, monitor the team’s work and delegate tasks as needed. Good things to monitor include communication, individual performance, and the progress of the project as a whole. That way, the team becomes a collaborative unit rather than a group of people working in isolation. Finally, team building and teamwork are most effective when everyone follows through: if the team reaches a goal, make sure its members promptly receive whatever praise or reward has been promised.

Education Opportunities at the SMPTE

A video engineer with a wealth of experience in Southern California, Elchanan Grabarsky currently serves as the chief financial officer of B.Y.E, Inc., in Beverly Hills. Elchanan Grabarsky is a longtime member of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), an industry organization dedicated to supporting professionals in the video engineering fields. The SMPTE offers a wide range of educational services designed to improve the technical knowledge of its members.

Over the years, the SMPTE has delivered educational services in a number of different forms, from section meetings and conference programming to on-site seminars and educational webcasts. In terms of curriculum, the SMPTE offers courses on such topics as the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Routing & Switching Program and Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem.

The SMPTE also sponsors the Louis F. Wolf, Jr. Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students in disciplines involving film and television technology.