Developing A Team Environment And Share Knowledge

Teamwork is one of the greatest skills I’ve learned here at WWTC, I have learned to trust others as well as myself, I have learned to depend on others as well as allow others to depend on me.

Throughout my time in college, I spent a lot of time working in teams, either for group projects, or for the extracurricular activities that I was involved in. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to develop myself as a group leader through my work in the Cavalier Marching Band, where I was able to work my way up to the position of Drill Instructor. In this role, I was responsible for motivating my group to quickly learn and adapt, as we worked towards the common goals of self-improvement and putting on a great show at the next home football game. I know that the skills that I have built through this

Through the year we received many sheets and projects from our teacher. As leader I maintained and managed all the paperwork our cohort handled. All the paper our cohort binder requires is all obtainable because I kept everything neat and well organized. As a leader I also organized enough meetings of practice and research in order for the cohort to be successful. For instance, in the political play, I schedule enough meetings for our cohort to revise the play over six times and for our actors to memorize and learn their roles fluently. Although, some members of the cohort complained of the constant meetings, I kept the meetings going. With constant meetings we corrected the majority of the minor errors the play. When it was time to perform, our actors played their parts as it was their second nature. Neither of the actors forgot a line, which was rare because a lot of other groups forgot lines and skip major part of the play. At the end of the day our cohort got a grade we liked, all because of the constant

At the beginning of the project, my group had difficulty of picking a topic. Since, my group member and I both had different topics that we would like to work on. At the end, we both agreed to work on cyberbullying because the subject is relevant and not often speak of until something happens as result of cyberbullying. We also worked together on all aspects of the project including writing and editing the prospectus, communicating with the school nurse and advisor, and making the poster and the bookmark. As we worked on the project, my struggles and weaknesses showed as well as my strengths. I had difficulty of speaking in front of big group and present the materials. However, my group member helped me to overcome that difficulty by practicing speaking and presenting

Before the end of this course, we had group presentation where we had real cases with patient prescription error, and we had to present to the class the cause, effect of that error. My team project was really excellent. Several things I did to perform excellently in this project was teamwork-getting along with my teammates and trying to understand their opinion, I was the leader of it who decided when to do it, where to meet, how to do specific things, and what to do. I was extremely responsible with this work which took our group to the right path. Something I excelled was being confident when presenting in front of my classmates and instructor, I had enough confident to present my point and was ready for any question coming toward me; however,

During my participation in the osteopathic development group leadership programme. I had the opportunity to demonstrate team skills in a group project, our initial meetings confirmed our idea, plan of action and allocated jobs; we established a timeline of tasks, which was essential to completion with the allotted time frame. My role was to research, write and deliver a specific part of our presentation; we planned regular progress updates either in person or via Skype; this ensured that if one team member was having problems completing their task on time, then others could provide additional support, or step in. Our team efforts resulted in unexpected discoveries, learning new skills, increased confidence with public speaking.

I think our group had very good team chemistry and worked very well together. We were able to help each other and encourage each other in the whole process. During the late night in Upper Sayles or on 4th libe we were able to get the work we need to finish done but at the same time have fun. Some challenges we encountered was finding time to get together to meet up because we all were very active in extracurricular activities. I was difficult to have class work for two other classes, campus jobs, varsity sports, club sports, and dance practices and yet make time to meet, but we met this challenge and found time. Also at time during the project it was discouraging when we had to change the direction of the project also the pain staking efforts

Janney, R. & Snell, M.E. (2010). Collaborative teaming: chapter 3 learning teamwork skills. Baltimore, MD, Paul H. Brooks Publishing.

I believe that in any professional setting teambuilding and communication skills are critical to one's performance. Having worked in a hospital before, I've seen the difference having a bedside mannerism can make but I've also seen the communication required between doctors, assistants, and nurses to ensure that they can provide the care the patient needs. Being able to work with people is something I find joy in and being able to do so will maintaining a level of professionalism is a skill I am able to bring to the workplace.

I encouraged team work, fostered open discussion to provide their view not only about project but also how I could do work differently to improve my work skill. I also encouraged them to come up with new ideas and discussed technical issues amongst each other to engender peer support. At every milestone achieved, I appreciated each individual for their effort and as a whole team how well they performed. I also provided some feedback to each team members in what area they could do better to improve their

After the case study was available for everyone to review, our leader quickly directed research attention to specific frameworks illustrated in the textbook and asked everyone to choose parts to work on, she also sought consensus for establishing time-based goal for the first segment of the project. During the stage of exemplifying theories, I felt that I required more time than other teammates to digest the information before providing the input to the group, but when I posted the question during the progress, I received timely clarification from the team. Our leader continued to inform the team of follow-up requests for the project, everyone communicated to provide the status of task(s) involved and volunteered to take on additional tasks based on time permitted. During the search of recommended book and video, I was slightly overwhelmed by massive messages coming through the group chat and conducted the search myself simultaneously, but I managed to share suggestions and discussed different perspective with the team. When the leader was notified of the due time got pushed ahead, she immediately ended the group discussion on the book & video search to jump on delegating tasks to tie up loose strings and requested confirmation on assigned responsibilities from everyone.

Other Comments (as needed):_This was one of the hardest groups I have ever had to work in throughout my college career. We had to very strong personality’s that did not work well with each other (Carolyn and Natalie). First off Jen was great to work with. Many times she was the one to start the project and would email everyone what she was working on. She worked very hard on this unit and I think a lot of the success is due to her hard work. Natalie also put a lot of work and time into this unit. Jen, Natalie and I all worked really well with each other and could communicate ideas and what needed to get done without their being a problem. Larry was a team player but did do much other than write his lessons. If we asked if he would do something

We began to focus on the task at hand, and actually formed a buddy system in which we would verve up who ever needed to get through the projects or team meetings for the day. Our director had two people that she seem to truly like within the group and they could have distributed the “me” attitudes, but instead they were always ready to come to the aid in the group. “My brother’s keeper”, was definitely a motto for this group. The group focus on the positive aspects. We had a leader that gave us structure and direction. As the chapter brought out, the group “did appreciate a bold, charismatic leader at times.” In addition, that fact that she no qualms about, making, “important decision quickly” which many times enable us stand out within the organization and as a

The three learner profile attributes that I believe are most important in creating an effective working environment and collaborative team are open-minded, communicator and inquirer.

How do these strategies apply to a team that you are or have been a participating member?