Team Performance Review

One of the activities that I took part in that I feel has shaped me as a person, was basketball. I joined the Sea Point High basketball team in the tenth grade, in South Africa. Now basketball was not very popular in South African high schools, as such we lost our coach in my junior year. The choices that were given to the team was to either end the program or to continue without a coach. As team captain I rallied my teammates and we persevered through without a coach; we showed up for intensive training and competed against other schools. At the end of my senior year I was presented with the basketball player of the year; however I feel that award did not necessarily celebrate my skill in the sport, but it acknowledged the determination and

Hoegl & Gemuenden (2001) observed that the definition of teamwork is a social system including more than three people in an organization or context. These members identity others as one member of the team and they have the same goal. Robbins (2001) stated that the factors influencing teamwork are relation of leadership, roles, principles, status, size, composition and the power of agglomerate.

In Scholastic Scrimmage, I found a community of people who were as curious to learn new things as I was and as competitive (in a good way) as I was, and still am. I became captain of the Varsity Scholastic Scrimmage team in my junior year because of my dedication to the club. As captain, I established a plan in which players would be on the same teams in practices and competitions to grow as teams rather than free radicals with no direction or commitment, which was one of the major problems of the club in the past. The impact was immediate and it established chemistry between players and their teams. Many of my friends have expressed new dedication to their teams and Scholastic Scrimmage and I attribute this change to the team's first EPC

Throughout my life, I have frequently been a part of a team. Whether it was in an athletic, academic, or employment sense, I have learned many life lessons and values solely because I was a part of these teams. Growing up, I was involved in countless team-based sports in which I had a number of roles. There were times when I had to step up and lead, and times where I had to learn to take a step back and follow. I learned that I was only a small part of the success that happens and that the ultimate goal of the team was

Each member on the team shared the same values, emotions, and knowledge of that particular sport. As a freshman and sophomore in high school, I knew that I needed to be on the same level as my other teammates. For me to be accepted in this community, I had to show them my ethos appeals to let them know that I was just like them. Sportsmanship, diligence and perseverance, were the skills needed to show the upperclassmen and my coach that I was serious and that I was ready to be part of the team. The upperclassmen knew that I had it in me; all I had to do was prove that I could do it. Proving to older long time members of the team is not the easiest thing to do. They are cynical about every action you do. In order for me to prove my worth, I had to show an emotional appeal toward the “veterans of the team” which were similar to that of the

The rating sheets are located in the Appendix. The tables provide each score per category, 1 through 5, and an anchor with which each is associated. These anchors provide the answers or behaviors that the hiring team will be looking for and will score them based on that. There is a rating sheet for each of the hiring teams’ four selection tools.

Through Lacrosse I’ve not only become a better athlete but also I have learned leadership skills and the importance of teamwork. It was a bitter cold day on the Zionsville Middle School lacrosse practice field and everyone was going 100 percent in hopes of making the A team. At the end of practice our coached had everyone huddle around and take a knee. It was dead silent as everyone sat there waiting to hear the results. Our coach started to call of the names of people who had made the A team slowly one by on.

Sports taught me the qualities that help reflect in the classroom, in my team, and in the community. These resulted in my success throughout the academic year, in my team, and also in the community as well. I have accomplished a lot and plan to do more in the

By the 8th grade, I was a middle schooler playing on varsity soccer. I learned and adopted a ton of new soccer skills as well as life lessons. For example, I obtained traits such as cooperation, teamwork, responsibility, controlling emotions, and determination. Two lessons that affected me the most were setting goals and success requires hard work. From the moment I first stepped onto the field, I established a goal in my head that I wanted to make it to the top one day. Seeing the captains with all their soccer skills, I wanted to be like them one day. I began to practice more and more each day by myself getting better. I then began to catch onto the fact that success requires hard work. The hard work I put in while following my teammates sometimes lead to failures, but I never abandoned my goal. Choosing to be a follower affected my life in different ways. I learned about my capabilities as a person, and how I could grow and

My seventh grade year Coach Humble, the seventh grade football coach, asked me and a few of my best friends to join the team. In the beginning, I worked hard to learn the rules of the game. I watched college and NFL teams play on television, and I looked up their practices and drills online as well. After I learned the game, I decided to be the team leader. I felt as if someone on the team needed to be the encourager

Due to my extensive practice over the years I was able to make the high school varsity team, which allowed me to immediately have a group a friends. This connection was invaluable to me in a high school where I did not have any friends or former classmates who transferred in with me. After a couple years on the high school varsity team, I became captain and leader of the team. I contribute my extracurricular involvement with soccer and sports in general to my ability to make friends and being able to work and compromise with others.

It let me develop as an effective leader, learning when to admonish and when to encourage my teammates. I learned how to communicate with my peers and guide them to reach the goals that the coaches and I have set. The team has taught me how to properly manage my time so that I can continue to succeed in academics, other extracurriculars, and fencing on the national and high school level. Moreover, my mental strength during bouts and other high stress situations increased. I can focus more on the task at hand and calm my nerves and anxiety.

After reading The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Pat Lencioni, discussing the function of effective teams in class, and completing various team building exercises, I have developed a much better understanding of the importance of a proper team in a business setting and how good team work can produce more efficient and productive results.

As a practice manager one of my main responsibilities is to effectively measure my team’s performance against our organisations goals and objectives. I need to set goals that not only gives my employees something to strive for but it can also be a way to gauge their overall performance. All employees should have should have goals and objectives so they know what is expected of them and how to produce what is expected of them in our organisation. The question I need to ask myself is – How effective are we at achieving this?

I have never studied such kind of courses before. My bachelor degree was related more to Law. First what I thought was Organizational Behavior class was something beyond me. In my point of view course was too complicated for me: everything in specific terminology and hard to understand. But after some time I was getting used to everything and even it was very interesting to do all work in group and have discussions on different situations everyone can face in an everyday life. So I completely changed my perception of this course.