By Tess Pajaron, an EO Overdrive contributor and Community Manager at Open Colleges 

Nothing boosts productivity like an efficient and well-organized team. Having employees work in teams has many benefits. It improves their personal satisfaction and confidence, it allows them to better understand their contribution and engage with the company’s goals and promotes a more efficient use of resources, especially time. This is all nice and sound, but how do you actually encourage teamwork at a workplace? Here are five ways to create creative and productive teams: