Kinzy: The Science Project

The conflict the teammates have will eventually help to shape their team and to work together.

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High discusses how to handle disagreements and high-stakes communication. It is written on the premise that when you are stuck in any situation–whether it’s at home or work–there is a crucial conversation keeping you from accomplishing the desired results. If you can learn to speak up in these crucial moments effectively, then you can accomplish the results you are after. The authors support this idea by referring to people who are considered influential by their peers and managers in their work and relationships. They studied successful communicators over a period of 25 years and concluded that what typically set them

This directly relates to my family dynamic I have on the team because without a cohesive team, we will not be successful. The ability to communicate problems and work past them is crucial if you want to accomplish common goals together. With heart and drive to win a match for something more than yourself gives you the extra determination needed to fight for your family and earn the hard wins. This goes against our common nature of having individualistic tendencies because we realize that we are competing hard for not only our own success but for the success of our family as well. Without sound communication, belief in one another, and love for your family or team one will not be able to conquer goals together and set the sights high for future

Wooden’s believes that “the two qualities of friendship so important for a leader to possess and instill in team members are respect and camaraderie” (Wooden 25). In the

I worked cooperatively with Dania Ortiz and Kassandra Concepcion to do my Senior Footprint project. I made a google document and shared it with my group members. In addition to this, I assisted with inputting some of my own pictures into the document. We each cooperated with our ideas, such as coming up with advices and the order in which the advice would go. I sent multiple song ideas to Dania Ortiz that we could utilize for the background music of the iMovie. Furthermore, I took initiative and assigned the days that we would work on the project. Once we were all together, we all took turns in arranging the pictures with the advices. I worked on the project approximately for like an hour each time we worked on the project. Additionally, I

Over the past few months as we participated with the “Big Brothers Big Sisters” program, we divided into small groups in order to focus on different aspects of the organization during this project. The project included three main groups: social media, public relations and group planning. The first group was responsible for social media around campus. The second group managed public relations, which made flyers and used other media resources to spread the word throughout the campus. The third and final group focused overall group planning with the kids. This included different activities and parties for the children. As a class we were to plan and coordinate two functions that included the Big Brothers Big

The beginning of the assignment started off bad but ended on a positive note. As the deadline drew closer, the group members were forced to find a common ground in regards to the specific time the group discussions would be conducted. To address the lack of communication, Marcelo, one of the group members, laid out the goal we needed to complete. After this was done the project fell into place and was competed on

In the environment today, it is not unusual to see people working in teams to accomplish certain goals and tasks. During our youth, parents and teachers encourage us through various methods to work as part of a team. Whether a sports team, classroom team, or after school activities, parents and teachers and other authority figures start the introduction of working in teams and teaching the value of being able to work together to accomplish a common goal. As people progress through the various stages of their lives, everyone continues to strive to communicate. Communication is a part of everyday life. It may be overlooked in some areas, but when dealing with a team environment, communication is vital. One

In this classroom Coach talks to the team and he starts every meeting by writing one word on the white board. Each meeting has a different word that we talk about, and each word means a lot to the team and to him. The four main words that we have heard from him so far are family, trust, believe, and selflessness. From there Coach speaks about what each word means and how the words shape good character and personality. And while Coach is up in the front of the room teaching everyone how to succeed I always say to myself that Coach’s character is made up of those words that he puts up on the board. So when I look at Coach’s life and what he has to go through it shows that he is a one of a kind man and that his character makes him push through every hardship that comes his way. For him to go through all that he does and still succeed in life takes a very powerful

The movie Hoosiers was a great example of how success can be found through teamwork and cohesiveness. Many of the lessons that are found within the movie directly relate to the lesson we learned in our readings for the week. The importance of each and every member of the team and the realization that no one member is more important than the next is a valuable lesson to be learned from the movie. Another important lesson to be learned from the movie is that while the results of a change may not be immediately noticed, believing in each other and in the team can be beneficial in the long run. Changes may not always have immediate results that are favorable, but sticking with the planned change and having each team member fully committed to it can be beneficial in the long run. Not only will the performance of the team improve, but the performance of each individual member of that team will improve as well.

An important part of our learning and growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members in. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group; and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of most important thing for any person to do. It is only through this evaluation that we can improve ourselves and our interactions with others. This paper will examine a group that was required to make an important decision about adding a new member

Following spring break, varsity team members became unhappy and critical of one another. These behaviors were an early indication of a lack of trust needed to be addressed immediately. Trust is paramount in crew. It is important for team members to trust others to correct mistakes, allowing the boat to regain balance and maximum speed (Snook & Polzer, 2004). The early lack of trust among Varsity team members later resulted in a fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results by team members. This was verified by a diagnostic tool described Lencioni’s book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. In order to have been successful, the Varsity team would have to trust one another, engage in unfiltered conflict around team issues, commit to decisions and plans of action, hold one another accountable, and focus on the achievement of collective results (Lencioni, 2002).

These lessons helped me to grow and understand what teamwork is and how you have to overcome obstacles in life. These are learned through each grueling practice that takes place, with every practice comes conditioning and

Superior leaders reflect on their experiences and create leadership lessons base on what they have learned. When I read the section Implications for Leaders I immediately thought back to my conversation with my wife and how valuable this practice has been for me the first couple months of the school year. It is not as if I have never reflected on my work, but to purposefully spend time reflecting on situations from the day is life changing. The late Jim Valvano so eloquently said in his last public speech during the ESPN ESPYS “we should spend some time

This project offered a unique opportunity to work in a variety of groups and contribute to a project in different ways. Throughout the project I worked with different people and developed different skills, and created different products. Rather than staying in one area I worked in several different groups: I worked with the “History of NSF” team in the creation of the page on the history of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, I worked with the design team in the creation of a unified design for the archive, I worked in collaboration with Alyssa to edit the written content for the archive, and was able to represent these different aspects of the project at the pitch proposal, the launch, and at the conference. You can find examples of the