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Chapter 7
In the past, I have been a member of a group that experienced five stages described by Tuckman's team development model. All of the named stages were a part of the development of my team (study group) and the performance of the team as well as individuals was good. The most difficult stage for all team members was adjourning.
Strategies or ways a leader or supervisor can help a team or group to "adjourn" and appreciate their work achievements include actions that facilitate task termination, and communication that helps the members to depart.
The sub-personality that mostly resembles me is "The Pleaser". The sub-personality that can be applied to my supervisor is "The Warrior or Leader."
In the video "Games People Play", the most helpful is that the explanation is given in simple, understanding words. I can incorporate the information that I received in the video for my future professional setting for a better understanding of various emotions that people shown and find ways to suppress anger or other negative emotions.
If I were a supervisor of a team that is in conflict I would use negotiation.
I would structure my team building based on the most of the suggested ways to unite my team. As the communication is strongly important, I would try to encourage productive communication among members, trying to maintain respect among members, and focus on finding similarities in interest, and a common ground.
Chapter 13
I have tried The Brief Mediation Model in a conflict between my two best friends. The result was that the friend understood that they need to compromise, and I was the one who suggested it by following the steps described in this model. The bad results could have occurred if I could not manage to act accordingly and fail in my attempt to stop a conflict between my friends.
Frequently, I am aware of my "mind-talk." This happens when I am under a lot of stress and am afraid of failure. In most of these situations, I try to ignore it, and sometimes I succeed. I managed to change my internal monologue when I had to present my work to the whole class. My mind was saying to me that I will fail, but I recognized the potential harm that it may have on my presentation and changed it to "I will succeed" and kept conscious about the fact that I did a good preparation and there was no reason for me to fail.
