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 …show more content…
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