Team Building and Collaboration

I think there is some difficult in leaving high achieving groups because the bond seems to get greater when attempting to accomplished the goal at some time everyone needs some support. Are easier to collaborate with because the expectations are clearly established and everyone is aware of the significant of their part. Some of the most successful groups that I have been a part of have been some of the hardest to depart from. These are groups where we worked collaboratively to achieve a goal and were triumphant at doing so.  I think the reluctance to leave the group stems from the overall bonding that we did as a team. The closing rituals I experienced mostly were having dinner upon completing our task. Celebrating our victory after we reached a goal was an awesome way to make everyone apart of the team feel appreciated. Unfortunately through this group I want be able to have adjourning dinner. However I expect to adjourn from this program by conversation in forms of emails, blog and etc. I would like to continue interacting with my   colleagues in the future if for no other reason than to just see how they are doing. Adjourning is essential because even in the best of things it must come to an end. I also believe that adjournment will essentially serve as building blocks for the next time a group is formed.

Nonviolent Communication and Conflict Management

As I think about a disagreement I experience I have to focus on the occasional disagreements I have with my husband.  One disagreement we have is over cooking. As a wife, working fulltime, going to school and taking care of family sometimes get quite overwhelming for me. However my husband really wants a home cooked meal about four of five times out of the week, which really isn’t conducive for my schedule.  However the strategies I feel that will help me manage or resolve conflict more productive is Win / Win and the Going to the Balcony Approach. Each of these approaches offer remarkable results to conflict resolution that centers on listening.  These strategies might be effective because they offer compromise in matter that produces positive results for both parties. To put these approaches in force I listen to my husband points regarding the issues of us eating out so much.   I suggested that on Sunday I prepare at least three meats and that way I don’t have to try to prepare so many full course meals daily. Then all I would have to do daily is add a side dish which isn’t very time consuming. He agreed and this gave him more home cooked meals and did not compromise so much of my time in the kitchen. I feel that this disagreement benefit from the 3 R’s as well because we offered the components of the 3’s to this environment and produce a solutions that we both found rewarding.

References:

The Third Side. (n.d.). The third side. Retrieved from http://www.thirdside.org/

Conflict Resolution Network. (n.d.). CR kit. Retrieved from http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_3.