Personal Reflection On Being A Stressful As A Group

About half way through the activity I had a simple realization, that this activity wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Being one of the last inquiry cores to do this benchmarking activity, I had heard stories from other people that the activity would be very stressful as there would be power struggles and poor time management. However, during that moment of realization, everyone in my group knew what they were doing and was comfortable doing it so it was quite the opposite of stressful. I started to wonder why we were working so well together, despite the amount of work shoved at us, expected to be finished in a short time frame. I came to the conclusion that one of the things we did very well was communicate with each other. I’m a big …show more content…
In general, I find myself in the “secretary role” which includes: following the instructions, organizing information as well as delegating people. I enjoy collecting and organizing information, which came into handy today when we were researching. As well, delegating people is a skill that I am particularly proud of as I find that by figuring out people’s strengths and delegating tasks based on those, you can produce a better result. Today that turned out well: a few our group members were more comfortable in writing so we tasked them with that while the rest of us did more …show more content…
Exposure to different group work opportunities will allow me to isolate those weaknesses. Another method that I think will help me is if I make a personal goal at the beginning of each group work session and keep that at the back of my mind as I do the activity. It doesn’t have to be a big goal, it could be something as small as volunteering to write a particular section that I may not be so comfortable with. In the end, I know that the personal goal will have stretched my comfort zone and from there, even if I fail, I can learn and grow from that