© 2013 Jordan Johnson

Leading the Way

Overall, this week has been about understanding how our group communicates ideas and how we choose to either move forward or pass on an individual’s input with the group.

We’ve created a great atmosphere that revolves around posing questions and allowing all members of the group to input their thoughts on those questions. A great example of this dynamic occurred during the post-it note activity. We were struggling to “dig deeper” with the categories we had established and had spent a few minutes really not accomplishing anything. Eventually I started asking questions about what we were viewing and what that meant to everyone, from those questions we got a lot of great insights from each group member and were far more productive during this time.

Being Team Leader, I often find that when a question is posed everyone in the group looks to me for guidance, this instantly makes “modeling the way” for me much easier. There hasn’t been a time yet where I’ve kept myself from giving my opinion for fear of keeping the group longer than need be or that the group will not appreciate what I have to say. Throughout the week I’ve made it a priority to check in with myself and make sure that there are no feelings of alienation or a bad mood in general. I realize that it’s much easier to nip those feelings in the bud right when I’m beginning to fall into a pattern  and start sharing my feelings or opinions right away than to wait a few weeks and then start trying to make changes.

In general I feel very optimistic with the environment and feeling the group has, and that I’m making great personal progress as a leader in sharing my opinion. Even outside of this class I’ve been more honest in my feedback for other activities and have been feeling much more valued as a team member.

 

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