Abstract
This précis offers early reflections on a personal experience of teamwork, noting what had worked as of this writing and drawing attention to important next steps in relation to performing. The précis underscores in particular the utility of team charters, designed expressly to promote a healthy and positive experience, that look to the storming–norming–performing stages of group development. The précis remarks on how the team members of the project referred to had lived up to their team charter as of this writing, and shares observations on personal growth with reference to three specific opportunities (including incidents) illustrating development. The précis concludes with a few reflections on self-growth.
The Self in Teams (Cont’d) was completed on October 7, 2019.
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The only obstacle to Team A’s progress at the forming stage had to do with electronic access rights that, until the issue was resolved, locked one team member out of the team’s communication platform for three weeks (and by extension perturbed the entire team).
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De Bono’s (1985) six thinking hats come to mind: this is a tool for individual reflection and group discussion that involves the figurative wearing of six colored hats representing six different ways in which the brain can be challenged. White hat thinking is neutral; red hat thinking is intuitive; black hat thinking is pessimistic; yellow hat thinking is optimistic; green hat thinking is creative; and blue hat thinking is managerial (de Bono, 1985).
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Individuals have different personalities, wants, needs, and ways of showing their emotions, and navigating through this requires tact and shrewdness. Goleman’s (1995) five domains of self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, social awareness, and social skills point to the right direction.
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Serrat, O. (2021). The Self in Teams (Cont’d). In: Leading Solutions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6485-1_11
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