Working Together Vs. Working Alone

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It 's important to be a team player because working together can accomplish more than working alone. I have worked as a manager for many years and have been pretty effective at being reliable. I did so by setting go examples such as being on time, adhering to the dress code as well as showing my employees that I work hard. It was never " I 'm your boss, so I won 't sweep the floor or do dishes." It was we are in this together." My superiors were also able to count on me to be their right hand and complete my job effectively.
I 'm very outspoken and believe in speaking up for myself and others but I could improve my communication skills by being more positive. For people that don 't know me, I may come across harsh and negative which doesn
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I can, however, work well with others despite any personal issues we may have. I can be counted on to help when needed but can also improve on trusting my team. I 'm a creature of habit so being flexible is uncomfortable for me. I become stressed and overwhelmed when things change initially but have been working on adjusting better. I will continue to improve on being flexible by looking at the bigger picture and preparing for different outcomes. As far as compromising, I believe I do that well. I try to put myself in the other person 's shoes so I can understand better. To be committed is giving as much as you expect back. I haven 't perfected this yet but I 'm pretty good at it. I was always happy to be at work and with them and showed passion for what I did and towards my team even on bad days. This allowed them to feed off of my …show more content…
My issue would be that I think I 'm the only one in the team that can solve the problem and/or don;t always think rationally. I recently worked as a teacher 's assistant and was told by a co-worker that another co-worker had yelled at a student. She came to me because she knew I would solve the issue. Instead of being rational, I confronted the co-worker in a negative way and asked why instead of what happened. It turned out that it was a misunderstand and absolutely should have been handled differently. I have since worked on problem-solving rationally and as a group instead of emotionally and individually. I will continue to focus more on taking emotion out of the situation and talking things out as a team. When I was a manager I always treated my employee as if we held the same position. I found that doing so allowed the employees to trust and respect me as well as want to impress me. At my first job, I was treated more as employee and less as a person and vowed to never do that when I was a superiority. I have yet to perfect it as I can work on having a more professional attitude by doing what is expected and not worrying so much about losing myself in the

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