6 Signs Of A Loner In A Team

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Signs of a loner in an office or a team are very easy to spot. A loner is a person who likes to work by himself or herself. These days ‘team work' has become the keyword for success. So if you have to be successful, you have to work in co-ordination with other people. But loners are never team players. They keep to themselves.

Workplace politics does not favour loners. This is because they cannot usually gang up against other people. However, loners can excel in their work when they are left to be individual contributors. They are also the innovators in work process. History suggests that most creators show signs of loners.

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Here are some signs of a loner in a team or office:

You hate team meetings
Team meetings are an oblivion to you. You cannot understand why some people who have nothing in common are sitting at the same table and solve a problem or discussing a course of action they can barely understand.

You don't share ideas
Every time someone says ‘share your ideas' about something, you cringe. According to you, sharing ideas is a deep violation of intellectual property rights. Your ideas are your own and you cannot understand why you should be compelled to share them with other people.

You hate to share credits
When your boss says that it was a great ‘team effort', you feel very disappointed and angry. You know you did most of the work so why should you have to share the credits with this vague group of people called a ‘team'. It really irritates you to share anything with anyone, especially credit.

You don't eat with your team
You are supposed to work, eat and pee with your team in office. Most people believe in having team lunches to strengthen the team spirit. But you never like to eat with your team. Usually, you do not like to eat with anyone in office. You spend the lunch hour thinking of your own ideas.

You find people less intelligent than you like
You do not talk a lot to your colleagues. It is not because you do not like to talk to people. But people disappoint you by being less intelligent than they should be by your standards.

You usually work more rather than share responsibility
You would rather work all by yourself and end up doing more work than co-ordinating with other people. You hate delegating your work to other people because most often they don't do it well enough by your standards.

These are some signs that you are a loner and prefer to work by yourself.