Sunday, April 8, 2012

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.

5 comments:

  1. Kvonya,

    I agree that it is often times difficult to leave the high achieving groups due to the bonds that have been created; you have in a sense gained a new type of family and saying good byes are always hard when you leave on a positive note. I love your closing ritual of having a dinner; food, families and friends are always the best types of gatherings!

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  2. Kvonya:
    I enjoy your blog posting so much that I picture the scenario. I like to celebrate, is part of showing happiness and promoting optimistic assessments. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Kvonya,

    Sitting here reading your post, so many thoughts started to run through my mind. One that continue to come up is this quote, "TEAMWORK equals DREAMWORK". I could remember when I first seen this quote at an athletic conference, I thought to myself; if we put our best effort and do our best as a team than the end product would be a beautiful masterpiece called DREAMWORK. Thanks for sharing your personal insights on Team Building and Collabortaion.

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  4. Kvonya,

    I really enjoyed the last line of your post. Adjourning is part of the building blocks towards are next step/group/etc. Adjourning is an important part of leaving a group. Thanks for sharing!

    Abby

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  5. I have enjoyed reading your posts and learning from you! Hope to see you in another class!

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