In order for a team to be effective the members must work
together encouraging each other along the way in order to cross the finish
line. The members of the team must also have an equal balance of
task-facilitating and relationship-building roles in order for the team to be
successful in completing the task at hand. Task-facilitating members will be focused on accomplishing
the objectives. Relationship building members will be focused on keeping the
group’s morale up and the member’s relationships in good standing. Members of
the group will usually be one or the other, but as long as there is a balance
of both the team will be more effective.
Personally as a team member I feel I take on both roles as a
task-facilitator and relationship-builder, but I will favor one or the other
depending on the assigned task. If I am extremely interested in the assignment
I find myself being more intuitive and working as a task-facilitator. I will
give others direction, research information and ask others for information. I
really enjoy learning and I always want to accomplish my tasks to the best of
my ability. I am really good at analyzing and elaborating and encouraging
others to do the same. If I am enjoying the task I will usually become
encompassed in it until we finish it.
However if the task at hand is something I find little
interest in I find myself being more on the relationship-building side. As a
psychology major I have found my skill is helping people understand and relate
each other better. So if I see the group start to butt heads or argue over
different ideas I am always the one who will step in and try and mediate. I
believe that supporting and encouraging others is extremely necessary while
they are struggling in order to achieve a goal successfully. When the group I
am involved in starts to feel burned out I will try and give a pep talk and or
try to pump the group up with lots of energy to remind them why we are all
there. Everyone needs that support
or else they will go insane! When I have been apart of a team in which the
members start to become tense with each other over a disagreement of opinions I
will either crack a joke or do something silly so that they will laugh and
release some endorphins to lighten the mood.
I try and always actively engage within my team in order to
accomplish a mission or goal. While in the group I will always pay attention to
what others are saying or I will ask questions to help get people thinking more
critically about the topic. I really enjoy being apart of a group because I
feel I am provided with a broader perspective and given different outlooks that
are very helpful in my learning process. Being apart of a team gives me the
chance to understand the topic a little better because no one thinks the exact
same. When everyone comes together with their ideas about why something is the
way it is the solution to the problem becomes a lot richer in that a collective
solution has many outlooks all in one.
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