Charlie’s Leadership Style
In assessing where Charlie Moore goes wrong, it’s important to look at his leadership style. According to the DiSC style, Charlie is a “Steady (S) Leader.” Specifically, this means Charlie operates at a methodical pace and likes leading in an orderly environment. He may readily view leading in a “fast-paced” environment as intimidating or stressful. His leadership style is collaborative in nature and he values group efforts. Charlie is a cautious leader that seldom leads by authority as he is comfortable working behind the consensus of the group as he doesn’t like making decisions alone. He is demotivated by competitive environments and changing direction abruptly. He enjoys leading in a harmonic environment
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Charlie repeatedly steps in and breaks up this flow of ideas by saying that the teams needs to break and reconvene when discussions appear heated. Charlie goes wrong as a leader since he does not realize that the open exchange of ideas and perspectives is a natural part of the team’s building and development process of “storming” (Week2, Lecture1).
Charlie also goes wrong as a leader because he does not build relationships of “trust with candor” (Jack Welch, Winning, p.63) among the team members nor individually with his subordinates. Charlie allows the team to vent about each other privately. He chooses not to address this dysfunctional team behavior, for he “feigned a deaf ear to it” (Sloane, The Chattanooga Ice Cream Division, p. 2.) Charlie also does not foster relationship building on his team, for he expects the team to build relationships with each other almost by simply working together as a group. Charlie also goes wrong by not building trust with each individual direct report by providing coaching and feedback. For example, Charlie mentally goes through the strengths and weakness of each of his department heads, yet he does not provide this feedback to them. As a leader he must continually “upgrade” (Jack Welch, Winning, Rule#1) his team through feedback on every opportunity.
Charlie does not empower his team to inspire team commitment and risk-taking
Another important part of Charlie setting the tone for change as a leader is his
This is the storming stage of our group development, which is ideally the second stage after the forming stage. At this stage, the group members have already become with their purpose at work and also got used to each other. At this stage, the team is already organized and responsibilities have already been divided amongst the group members. However, this stage always has rampant cases of competitions and conflicts. The competitions and conflicts are mainly because the group members have sufficient understanding of the general feels and tasks to be accomplished, they feel more confident being in the group and can voice their displeasure within the group. For this assignment I was tasked with analysis of the film ‘We are the Millers’.
Charlie’s friendship with Jasper Jones, his parents, and witnessing the intolerance of Corrigan are the three biggest factors in Charlie's development from innocence to experience. Jasper Jones exposed him to fear and forced him to be brave and face his fears, the rampant intolerance in Corrigan, both racial and otherwise, exposed him to the injustices of the real world, and his relationship with his parents taught him to be diplomatic and control his
Conflict Levels – Effective teams maintain a perfect level of negative and positive conflicts. At times disagreement is encouraged to lessen the likelihood of groupthink.
Throughout the readings communication was identified as a vital component for establishing and maintaining relationships. Porter-O Grady sanctioned for leaders to establish firm rules of engagement to help support a positive group dynamic (2013). While Kelly & Tazbir explained that friction and conflict were a normal part of group development and were representative of the Storming stage of group process (2014). Moreover, they explained that with assistance from the team leader the team can overcome these obstacles, strengthen inter-professional relationships, and enter into the Norming stage (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014). Here the team is able to participate in the effective exchange of communication and begin making progress toward goals. This represents progression into the Performing stage of group process (Kelly & Tazbir, 2014). When the team has met its intended target they are ready to anylze the outcomes of their work and enter the final stage of group process—Adjourning (Kelly & Tazbir,
Charlie did have many negative effects on the people around him.The people at the Plastic Box co. wanted him fired so they almost all signed a petition for to leave. Charlie fell in love with Miss Kinnian so he got close to her, then he pushed her away.It probably hurt having all those things
The first reason Charlie was better before the A.I. is because he thought he had friends. When Charlie got a raise Joe and Frank took him out to a bar. Also he thought they were his friends because when someone did something stupid they would say you pulled a ¨Charlie Gordon¨. Another way Charlie saw them as his
It was always a lifelong ambition of Charlie’s to become recognized for his intelligence and gain a plethora of friends. Once he got the opportunity to have his greatest dream fulfilled, Charlie immediately (explain the situation). Initially, the operation appeared to have numerous positive effects. For instance, Charlie gained a better understanding of the world with his tripled IQ and built stable relationships with the people around him. It seemed as if things could only get better until, the fog cleared. Without wisdom, intelligence was nothing. Charlie found himself sinking into a deeper hole, slowly losing allies, his trust in humanity, and his sanity until he ended up further back than he started. Although at first glance, it appears
We all started to get to know each other and progressively became more comfortable with each other. However inhibitions proved to be inversely proportional to the level of conflict. In the second meeting, members were more aggressive with their suggestions and it was extremely hard to come to a consensus on one idea. My idea of starting a company had some consensus, but other ideas were still being floated. I sorely missed the presence of a clear leader in a situation like this. As a group we tried to accommodate as many people’s interests and ideas as possible. However a leader sometimes has to put his foot down since it is impossible to account for every single one of them. However, no one wanted to be the person who acknowledges this fact. Thus we spent the entire meeting time arguing, debating, and going back and forth. We made absolutely no progress during this time. We had reached our ‘Storming’
He doesn't have much spelling mistakes as he used to and is starting to learn more advanced techniques in writing such as commas. In fact, on Charlie's progress report, Ms. Kinnan states " Charlie, you're learning fast." In addition, Ms. Kinnian looked at Charlie in an unusual way. From this, I can infer that Ms. Kinnian is surprised by the rapid growth rate of Charlie's intelligence and is scared of him. According to Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss, Charlie's I.Q. which used to be 68 will soon reach over 200. Since he was getting smarter, he came up with a new way to line up the machines in the factory, which will save ten thousand dollars a year in labor and increased production. Now, his co-workers started to avoid Charlie because of his successfulness. It even says on page 9 that his co-workers had to buy some things for their wives as an excuse trying to avoid
Charlie displays the characteristics of a negative team member. Charlie portrays the aggressor person within the group. The aggressor person can be described as one who shows anger, continually blames others for personal mistakes, and deflates the group as a whole (Manning & Curtis, 2003). In order to effectively redirect Charlie’s behavior, I would need to address him in a calm manner. Emphasis would need to be centered on establishing a more positive means on group communication. As a leader, I would need to stress the negative impact his aggressive behavior bestows upon the group as a whole. Other members can learn ways to circumvent and learn techniques for getting their ideas across (Helms & Hayes, 1990). Thus, Charlie’s aggressor behavior
Spikes claims that Charlie not writing progress reports was the most important. She said it was an important change because without the Progress reports we weren’t able to see Charlie's thoughts about the experiment and also we couldn’t see how he felt. However this is wrong because we can still see how Charlie feels via his facial expressions, actions, and dialogues. For example Charlie expresses his thoughts on the experiment when he talks to Algernon. To be more specific, he was talking to algernon about how they had both became smart and Charlie was smiling whilst talking to Algernon. From this we can infer that Charlie was happy about the experiment. Another example of Charlie expressing his emotions were when he let out all the Algernon
Group Conflict (2016) claims that struggles in communication are important, impactful and healthy. Team members find themselves in conflict for several reasons. There is disagreement that arises from miscommunication. In the case of 12 Angry Men, there are jury members who ultimately have the same views. However, issues with communication lead to miscommunication that results in a complete breakdown. When members of a team or jury are not effectively communicating their message, it is impossible for the message to be clearly relayed.
However Charlie seems to recognize problems that are more for adults to deal with and is rather hard for young children to understand. He seems to have a mature mind that is completely
52). This common belief among users of this style drives them to search for answers using all of the tools at the team’s disposal. The different dynamics of the team become assets. They see the differences that distinguish the members of the team as points of view are respected and viewed objectively. Differences like a male versus a female’s perspective, race, culture, and even social or economic status are viewpoints that give all in the team a bigger picture of the different issues they may need to consider when coming to a conclusion about how best to achieve their goal. Though this style is thought of as the best route for teams to use, it is also one of the most difficult. Even a person who has a natural talent or personality that promotes this style of conflict management has to practice to be effective using this style in a team setting. A person cannot be judgmental and must be sure not to take anything said personally. This is something that most if not all of the team members must have an awareness of. All team members have to feel comfortable with the results and with what was given up from their own personal point of view to arrive at the team’s decision. This style is also very demanding so it requires a good amount of patience. Depending on how quick a decision is needed it is not always possible for a team to achieve and some in the team may not believe that their best interests were achieved.
People work in groups or teams everyday whether in their career, education, political organization, church, or any other social setting. Conflict while working in teams or groups is inevitable. When taking people of different backgrounds, personalities, moral, and ethical beliefs and putting them together in a group, conflict will arise. The key to achieving your team goals is to construct and conquer your goals with keeping the greater good of the team in mind. Conflict as it arises should be combated and abated through swift and thorough resolution techniques. When dealt with properly conflict resolution can give rise to a cohesive and productive team.