Thanks

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of my classmates for all of your patience and support this semester. I have been very late on responses and haven't exactly had the time that I would like to participate in this class. My dad was diagnosed with cancer at the start of the summer. This has been a very trying time for my family because the hospital that he is in is very far away. We spend most of our time hours away from home and our families. I am so thankful for your support.

Adjourning stages of team development

Adjourning stages of Team Development

As an active part of my community I am a part of a lot of groups. Some groups I honestly have a hard time saying goodbye to and others I really don’t have a hard time. Some groups it is almost like I have grown to communicate with them like a family. They are listed in my phone. I just ask siri to call them. Some groups I even have set in my calendar on my phone they link to me as well. This year at my school we lost three teachers that I am very close to. One is my mentor. These special ladies all held high positions in my school. I had a hard time telling them goodbye. I feel that they have all helped me grow into the teacher that I am today.

In the forming stage of a group I don’t feel that it would be very hard to say goodbye to group members. I feel that when you are in the forming stage you are just getting to know everyone in the group and find your place; therefore, I feel that saying goodbye would be quiet easy.

               In the storming stage of a group I feel that it would be a little harder to say goodbye to a group because you are involved in making something happen. I feel that it would be hard because when you are leaving someone would need to fill your spot to make things continue to flow.

               In the norming stage of a group I feel that it would be hard to leave a group because you are very comfortable with the group. You have settled in you know your part in the group as well as what needs to happen. You would most likely be missed if you left the group; however, they say it’s best to find something new when you grow used to things. It might serve as a great learning tool.

               In the performing stage of a group it would be difficult to say good bye to a group because your skills are most likely needed to perform the tasks in the group. It would leave the group with a hole that needed to be filled.

               In the adjourning stage of a group it could be bitter sweet to leave a group but it would also serve as an accomplishment, to have finished a task.

References:

Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). Team building strategies [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's

Conflict

One conflict that I have had recently has been with an individual on my Homeowners Association. Every meeting this individual interrupts our meeting with gossip about other people asking do we allow this kind of behavior. Seeing as to how forum in meeting are minutes are read from previous month, we follow the written agenda read by the secretary, and then answer any written questions that have been preapproved by the board. After the fourth meeting of the outlandish accusations and complaints that were nowhere on the agenda I ended up speaking up on this situation. I can honestly say I held it in way longer than I should have which is most likely the reason why I said exactly what I thought. Her complaint this week was about a homeowner that let their God daughter use her pool key without her there. In my book I consider a god daughter family which is allowed to be at the pool without the owner of the house there. The problem I had is she had already gone to the individual’s house and fussed them out over it. I object to this because that is not her place. I know I was wrong to jump in but this was the second time she interrupted the minutes to ask about this situation. I stated, “First of all we are not the pool police and if you are going to knit pick and make someone else’s life miserable then you need to ensure you are following all of the HOA rules as well.” I pointed out that she had about 3 HOA violations not to mention she is out of forum by interrupting the meeting with this. She acted as if she didn’t realize that she was out of compliance with the 3 HOA rules that she was breaking and asked why I was all in her business. Again I knew I was wrong but again someone needed to let her know that what she was doing to that poor woman was wrong as well as if you are going to call someone else out on something you need to make sure your inline as well. I have to say that in this class I have learned that there are ways of approaching conflict a little less aggressive. I could have been a lot more respectful. I most likely shouldn’t have said anything about her violations and approached the question with if you have something that you would like to ask remember we follow a strict forum please follow these procedures to do so. I also lost my temper. Next time I will definitely breathe slowly and take things in before reacting.