Adjourning!!!!

When I think about adjouning I think about this stage as being essential to teamwork because I feel that it allows for some closure in certain situations that we may face in our everyday lives as well as in the workplace. Thinking about this I would have to say the hardest good-byes are the ones where everyone has worked as a team. I also feel that it may be difficult to leave the high performing groups because those are the groups you have worked together especially in my workplace to acheive the goals we have set for your families and children this school term. I feel that at the end of each school year we have our end of the year gathering with families and childreon, we pack our classrooms up and turn in all of our reports to center manager and we prepare for the next school year to come. Having to say those good-byes even though it is only for 3 short months it seems hard, especially when you work with co-workers who work real close together and set goals to acheive throughout the year with you children and you work hard to make sure those goals are acheived before May comes. I feel that adjouning is a essential stage of teamwork because as we finsih one task we prepare to move on to the next one. Also as I leave Walden in the end of my journey I feel it being hard to do because along the way we have formed a mutual respect for each other online. We have formed and stormed in building with our peers online. I wish everyone the best in whatever they do. Best of Luck to all!!!!!

Conflict Resolution

Recently at work we have had some conflicts that have come about. Alot of the conflict issues are due to stress in getting ready for this quality rating observation of our center. It has been alot of work in the long run and alot of ideas and words have been passed among workers. We have all been under alot of stress and this has brought alot of conflict among each of us. We have been more snappy and getting on each other nerves more. We don't agree and see eye to eye on alot of the issues that are involved in this process. We all are having to work on the many issues we are facing but at the end of the day we usually have apologized to each other as we now this is a very stressful time for us. I see the NVC stragies working during this time because as we know nonviolent communication works and needs to be become a part of helping us in situations on the workforce or whereever we need it. As time has passed with this process we are getting ready to face we co-workers are beginning to learn how to deal with the tension and stress better each day.

Commuicator

This week assignment I really enjoyed. It gave me a better understadning as to who I am as a communicator. I also like having two other people evaluate me. My listening style profile showed I and my other evaluators rated as a people-oriented. I do find this true as I do try every hard to treat people in the way I want to be treated. I try to be understanding and listen to them. I do find myself showing empathy and concerned with emotion of others and I do use my listening sytle to build relationship with others. On the commuication anxiety inventory and verbal aggressiveness scale my rate and one of my evalators were close in range. I was moderate in the verbal aggressiveness scale and I do find that I maintain a balance between respect and consideration for others and I beleive in being fair. I was also moderate in communication anxiety inventory and I do feel somewhat uncomfortable about some communication contexts. I do not do well in public and I do not like to speak in small groups or public. I kind of sit back and listen and keep to myself. Again, I did enjoy doing ths application this week. I do know I need to work on being more open in group settings and not be so shy. I do plan to work on this in the future.