Team Dynamics
Being Apart of the TEAM
Writing Team Goals, Logos, and Operating Principles and Effective Teamwork video (1)
Recap:
During this exercise each group had to put together a list of operating Principles, team goals and create a logo that represents the team.
Our TEAM:
The TEAM I was involved in consisted of Lisa, Michele, Jennifer, Katrese, A.Chapman, and I. My team decided to work on the Operating Principles which included goals (vision for achievement). We decided to use "future forward" approach were we imaged the future success, then worked backward. Initially our team couldn't seem to agree on much so we decided that we needed a starting point. So I suggested that we each state what we would like to takeaway from this course so that a "goal" can be formed. The bottom-line was that each individual expected to be the best team player that they developed to within a one week course. We decided how we would measure if we reached our goal or not if we "earned" an "A" in the class or not. Moving on the logo design was even more of a challenge because we were a team of people who were used to leading. So we it was time to decide on the creative aspect I realized everyone had an opinion that they thought was valid. So I immediately thought of an idea, then others added on the idea which led to the puzzle pieces.
I learned that team success happens when teams: have common goals collaborated, and accomplishing the goal has a pay off for everyone. I also learned that you must know when to lead and when to follow others. It was very important to me that everyone in the group had a say in what was to be the end result. I learned that in the beginning we were a "group" rather than TEAM. We were six individuals with self agendas trying to form a unified team. But in order to do that we had to trust each other. It became very apparent to me that in order for this...
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