I’ve had a few meetings with my team now and  I am starting to notice my role in it.  In the meetings that we’ve had I’ve provided my computer to take notes in. Once we have all the information I am responsible to make it accessibly to everyone .In developing the teams need statement I started to take into action my Leadership Development Plan. Part of my Leadership Development Plan is to work on challenging the process. Many times throughout the brainstorming and formation of our needs statement I questioned if we were accurately describing what the entire group meant. This allowed for a reevaluation of the statement and the collaboration of all team members to agree on the final statement. Challenging the process was not as bad as I thought. I feared to challenge the process before in order to avoid arguments. My team, however, listens and takes into consideration my questions. My team creates a comfortable environment for me to ask questions to challenge the process. I hope to continue working on challenging the process not only in a comfortable environment but in times of hostility, which are bound to happen.

This week I received my MEMO and I was surprised  how well I did on it. Writing is not my forte, or so I thought, therefore I was feeling very nervous about it.  I tried to understand exactly what the assignment was asking for  and I believe the time I took to thoroughly understand the assignment was what led to a higher grade than I had anticipated. I am learning to not underestimate my writing skills . If I can thoroughly understand what I am suppose to write about I will be successful.

Reflecting on this week has allowed me to foresee what my role can be in my team and how I can best incorporate my strengths to benefit the team. I  learned I can start implementing my Leadership Development Project little by little. Lastly, I also learned writing continues to be challenging for me but I am improving.