Final Blog-Communication week 8

Thank you everyone for another successful course.  I have learned a great deal from all of you and thank you for the feedback you have given me.  It has provided me with strategies to use in communication settings that will make me more confident and more effective in my efforts.

Communication-Week 6

As I think about group I have been involved in and the ones that I have departed from I have a few that come to mind.  One group is the group I completed by undergrad schooling with.  We went through all the same classes together and shared the same experiences.  I have some friendships with some of those I went to school with but not very many at all.  This would be considered a high achieving group and it was by far the hardest to leave.  Not only because of my friends and colleagues I had met but also because it opened a huge chapter in my life.  In order to celebrate this accomplishment, the graduation ceremony took place.  This would be the same for high school as well. 

 

Another group that I can think of was the group of friends I made while living in my first apartment.  I had a close group that I hung out with and we did everything together.  Once I met my husband, we quickly divided.  Before moving out of the complex, we held small get together and shared stories of the past.  This was a much lower scale adjourning than what I mentioned above.

 

Adjourning is an essential part of team work because that is the stage in which it all comes together and you have the chance to unwind and celebrate and reflect on what you have done together.  It marks the end of something wonderful but starts a new part of your life.  Teamwork is about communication and collaborating together and without this stage people of the team would wonder what came of their hard work.

Communication-Week 5

When thinking about a conflict that I have recently had with a family member, two strategies that might help me resolve or better the communication would be:

-To use more respect in listening to the others person view.  When talking about the 3 r’s, I sometimes jump to conclusions before listening to what is really meant.  More respect would make the situation less heated.

-I could also get ahead of the situation and offer to resolve the issue before it is prolonged.  When thinking about the problem, I can try and get ahead of it by thinking what would make both of us happy.

 

For me conflict resolution has always been an issue because I am stubborn and always feel I am right.  This is sometimes hard to admit but it is very true for me.  I have learned, as I have grown older this is not the case.  This course so far has also taught me some ways to make my communications better and therefore not have so many conflicts in life.  How do some of you cope with conflict in regards to communication?