Who Knew!
No one ever told me a group experience could be positive. I must say my experience with The Yellowbirds was the most fun in any class that I have taken so far. My group members were all about making the best grade possible and completing tasks on time.
In my past experience, the groups I was involved in could not even decide on what the task was we were asked to complete. Most times they were chaotic at best. The team I was apart of this semester has changed my mine forever. My team The Yellowbirds was an effective team because we produced high-quality results. With many groups they may fail because of difficulties and cultural or philosophical differences. This was not the case for The Yellowbirds.
My team members helped each other resolve problems, and we all felt responsible for the output of the team as a whole. As a whole we had a good mix of task-oriented and people-oriented characteristics. Some of our task oriented characteristics included that we were jointly committed to producing high-quality results, equally innovative and creative, and flexible and willing to change with any circumstance. Our people-oriented characteristics included good communication, mutual trust, and a high need for achievement and growth.
In the end, our team could be judged by our output, goals, energy, structure and atmosphere. In a nutshell, my team was so effective because we were able to: work interdependently, be flexible, commit to achieving common goals, work well together and enjoy it while also producing high quality results. Another aspect of our effectiveness was that we could easily recognize our roadblocks to our own effectiveness and we were then able to develop and implement actions to remove the roadblocks with open and honest communication. It was truly an honor to be apart of a team with all of the right stuff to be effective. I am actually looking forward to my next group experience so that I can implement some of the skills learned from being a part of the best group in the century….. GO TEAM YELLOWBIRDS!!!
