How can I describe someone's performance
I'd like some help with my sentences below. Do they sound OK (in both informal and formal situations)? Could you suggest any improvement?

1) He gets on very well with both individual and team work. / He does very well in both individual and team work. / He is good at both individual and team work.
2) He will be a valuable team member (is there an alternative with "he will contribute..." ?)
3) During this time I have watched him develop increasing (growing / more and more) professional and technical competence (expertise?) in many research areas.

Thank you.

Question

How can I describe someone's performance
I'd like some help with my sentences below. Do they sound OK (in both informal and formal situations)? Could you suggest any improvement?

1) He gets on very well with both individual and team work. / He does very well in both individual and team work. /  He is good at both individual and team work.
2) He will be a valuable team member (is there an alternative with "he will contribute..." ?)
3) During this time I have watched him develop increasing (growing / more and more) professional and technical competence (expertise?) in many research areas.

Thank you.

Answer

1) He gets on very well with both individual and team-oriented work.
 He does very well in both individual and teamwork. /  He is good at both individual and teamwork.

[Both of these can be used in an informal and formal setting but I think that "gets on well" is more of a British way of speaking whereas "does very well" is more American]

2) He will be a valuable team member (is there an alternative with "he will contribute..." ?)

[you can say "He will contribute many valuable insights as a team member"]

3) During this time I have watched him develop increasing (growing / more and more) professional and technical competence (expertise?) in many research areas.

[you should say "During his time here" rather than "this time"]
[to incorporate "grow" and "expertise" you can say "During his time here, I have watched him grow more and more in terms of professional and technical expertise in various research areas.]

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