Thank You!

I want to thank all of my colleagues for your wonderful blog posts and discussion topics. It is always so wonderful to work with all of you and share our different stories. Each one of you have touched my life differently and have helped push me along on this journey of finishing school. Thank you for your support and I hope nothing but the best for all of you!

Adjourning

The adjourning phase of a group is the point in which we must say our goodbyes. For me, the hardest groups to say good bye to are the ones that worked the best. In good working groups, you typically create a great bond with the other members and are sad to separate for the knowing of lack of time you will be spending with them now. When adjourning comes for groups that don’t work so well, it is easier to leave because there is not that much of a connection and you are ready to walk away and forget about it.

When I am done with the masters program, the adjourning phase will be a point of excitement. It has been great to work with other people who have the same desire and passion to help the future of the children we work with. We will all have reached a large milestone in our professional goals and I will be excited to see what the future holds for all of us.

Reference

Abudi, G. (2010). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html

Conflicts In Communication

I work at an army child development center and recently we hired a new superior from another army base. I applied for this same position because I am overly qualified for the job I am currently working, so needless to say when they hired an outside person for the job with less qualification it left a nasty taste in my mouth. I have not should my frustration for this situation with the new supervisor because it is not her fault that I was passed up for the job.

In the few weeks that this new supervisor has been working at our facility, I have encountered numerous times when she has spoken rudely to me and accused me of not doing my job appropriately. Since she is my supervisor I always treat her with respect and try to explain my reasoning for what I am doing. I try to practice non violent communication with her in hopes that she will start to show me some respect as well.

After speaking with my fellow colleagues about this situation, we are all experiencing frustration with the new supervisor. We are all trying to find new ways to communicate with her, with showing her ways to be an effective communicator in return. We are trying to make the new changes not impact our working abilities and leave personal feelings at the door.