Thanks

I just wanted to thank everyone for sharing their ideas with me during the course. I have learned
things about communication that I was not familar with during the course. We learned about communicating and building leadership skills. Effective communication takes time and commitment. Thanks again.

Adjourning

I think the hardest part of adjourning from a group is saying goodbye to the coworkers that you have built a close relationship with over the years. It is hard to say goodbye to those you have learned to trust and depend on. Team members that are supportive and willing to help in any way make it difficult to say bye. I think that groups that are supportive, dependable, and have clear expectations are hard to adjourn. I have found that for me, the Christian settings have been the hardest for me to leave. The people that I work with at those settings have treated me much better than the other settings I have been to. I wish I could have been part of closing rituals where people would have said "I will really miss having you around". I have only had one setting that I felt was somewhat like this. I will adjourn from my Master's colleague's by telling them I wish them the best on their school work and their new adventures to come. I am thankful for all the insights they have shared with me over the last few courses. I feel adjourning is an essential part of teamwork because it is how we can express or feelings and have closure on that part of our life.

 

References

 

Abudi, G. (2010). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html



Conflict Strategies

I have been having a personal conflict with my husband lately. We want to have another child but disagree on the timing. He thinks that we should wait until I finish school. I want to go ahead now due to my age, risk to the child, and the time. I would be done with my schooling by the time the child came. It would be in the summer which would be better work wise too. One solution would be to try to compromise. We could come to an agreement together about the best time. We might be able to meet somewhere in the middle of both our time frames. The second solution would be to talk together about our needs. Maybe writing the needs and viewpoint down of each other would some how help us come up with a solution.

Does anyone have any solutions or suggestions that might help with this communication issue? We are not getting any where fast. We are both firm on our viewpoints.