Reflection

As I reflect on the past 8 weeks of this course, I realize that I have learned a lot from not only the resources but also all of my colleagues. I appreciate the support and feedback that you all gave!

The Adjourning Stage of the Five Stages of Team Development

The adjourning phase of the five stages of team development is the end stage. This signifies that group members are moving on to separate places in their lives (Abudi, 2010). This is a time when group members should think about what all they have accomplished, didn’t accomplish, and what could have been done differently.

 In my experience in this stage, the hardest part was saying goodbye after working in a group for a long time. I taught at a school district for 3 years and it was hard to say goodbye to the people I worked so closely with. I don’t feel like the most effective groups were the hardest to leave. I remember a group I was put into in college, the work we did was great but our group members didn’t particularly get along because we all operated of different time schedules. Everyone was assigned parts and we put our presentation together once everyone was finished. Our grades couldn’t have been better, but I had not problem leaving that group. I believe that the adjourning phase from the group of colleagues I have formed throughout my master’s program will be somewhat easy. Throughout every course I meet new people and reconnect with others that I have shared a past course with.

I think that the adjourning stage is essential for teamwork because it brings our work and goals to a close. Once one goal is met, another one can be created in life.

References

Abudi, G. (2010). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html

Personal Conflict Resolution

I thought about my most recent disagreement that I had with the father of my soon to be child. I am 19 weeks pregnant and we haven’t been seeing eye to eye in what it takes to raise a child. I kind of followed the 4 steps model of Nonviolent Communication. The 4 Step Model involves observation, feelings, needs, and requests. The disagreement was over our child going over to his parents’ houses. Both of his parents smoke and the atmosphere isn’t an atmosphere for a child. I told him about what I have seen when I’ve went over to their houses (observation), how I feel about if my child were over there (feelings), what my child’s needs to foster a healthy development (needs), and what I would want in order to feel comfortable about my child’s development and well being (requests). He swears up and down that his parents won’t smoke around our child or use inappropriate language, which is an action that I have yet to see around their other grandchildren. However, he is taking my reaction as I feel that his family is wrong and I look down upon them. I have tried to explain my train of thought many times, but he truly feels that his parents will stop. Any ideas about how I can help him see my perspective?

 

References

Conflict Resolution Network. (n.d.). CR kit. Retrieved from

http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_3