To help you develop teamwork skills through your internship and articulate the skills to potential employers, we found the following information that you could use as guidelines.
All employers are keen to recruit graduates who are able to cooperate, solve problems and work in teams. As less hierarchical organisations have emerged with project teams, self-managed work teams and management teams, so the requirements to 'Get on well with people', and to 'Work with and through others' become increasingly important.
Teamwork involves working confidently within a group, contributing your own ideas effectively, taking a share of the responsibility, being assertive - rather than passive or aggressive, accepting and learning from constructive criticism and giving positive, constructive feedback to others.
Matrix of teamwork skills:
What makes an effective team?
It has a range of individuals who contribute in different ways and complement each other. A team made up just of planners would find it difficult to cope with changing deadlines or plans whereas a team full of spontaneous individuals would be disorganised: you need both types. A good team produces more than the individual contributions of members.
Clear goals are agreed on that everyone understands and is committed to.
Everyone understands the tasks they have to do and helps each other.
It has a coordinator who may adopt a leadership style from autocratic to democratic depending on the circumstances. Different people may assume the role of leader for different tasks.
There is a balance between the task (what do we need to do?) and the process (how do we achieve this?)
There is a supportive, informal atmosphere where members feel able to take risks and say what they think.
The group is comfortable with disagreement and can successfully overcome differences in opinion.
There is a lot of discussion in which everyone participates. Group members listen to each other and everyone's ideas are heard.
Members feel free to criticise and say what they think but this is done in apositive, constructive manner.
The group learns from experience: reviewing and improving performance in the light of both successes and failures.
Source: http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/teamwork.htm