I haven’t really had much experience working in a team while
completing my degree. It’s normally been
a sports team, some form of work team but never a study group team. I found my role in this group somewhat meh.
I can be pretty reasonable at leading…when I have to, which
isn’t often. I tend to take a step back as not to get hit by all the shapers
out there. When I do fall into a
leadership position, I try to guide rather than ‘boss’.
Normally, I believe I am the
coordinator but after listening to the different roles online and working on
assignment two with my group, I think I may have fallen into the monitor
evaluator role, not that I think my team thinks me unpopular….or they could and
they’re being very nice about it. I would totally get if they did. I have been
slow to get concepts, attempted to think critically which ended in a
headache. I’m not particularly
charismatic and I am definitely not the leader.
And that’s okay to me. I am way out
of my depth and when I feel like that I want to disappear into the background
and watch from afar, every now and again throwing pieces of me into the mix (does
that mean I’d make a good specialist?).
Probably not, I don’t have any specialised knowledge I can just chuck in
there. I’m sure that my team have had to take deep breaths and ‘cope’ with me
like Louise mentioned in her lesson. Sorry
crew…my bad!
I think normally I would fall
into the coordinator, team worker and completer finisher roles. I definitely would find it difficult to work with
shapers, plants and implementers, let alone be one. Not that they don’t have their place, of
course, only none of them are mine.
One thing that came to light
after listening to Louise go through the different roles is how happy I am to
be in the team I have. Despite my new role
of monitor evaluator role, I think we work well as a team. We are supportive of each other, bounce ideas
of one another and rock at getting things done.
5 comments:
Hi Marina,
I don't think you've been difficult to cope with at all. You had a more divisive and hard to understand topic than the others and you were thrown at the beginning of the assignment by your results from assignment 1. It's reasonable that you asked a few more questions but you're not hard to work with. It's good to have a critical thinker and you've been a solid part of the team.
I've said it in a few different places now but I am so happy that we have the team we have and I think we've done a really good job of everything so far.
Hi Marina,
I agree with you that you've been a monitor evaluator in the team. I see some characteristics of the role in myself too, although not all of them. Similarly, I wouldn't consider you to be unpopular or annoying, as you hinted that you feel you may be. There have been times when I've felt the same way - like I should just go with the flow or everyone will be annoyed with me. I think we have a great team though, and we're all open to listening to each others thoughts and concerns.
Also, I'm sure that you are learning heaps in your degree that will give you more and more opportunities to take on a Specialist role in future.
Cheers,
Michelle
Hi Marina,
Nothing wrong with the monitor elevator! I can be like that myself, although I've learned in life when to bite my tongue. When I'm with Rachel, probably best not to be so critical of everything she says or I could find myself making myself toast for dinner. When we're in a group or a professional environment, you need people who can think of what can go wrong and be realistic before everyone gets excited and runs off into the sunset.
Also, you're not alone with the struggles of this course. I like to think I'm a fairly smart and capable guy, but this paper has bought me to some dark dark places.. We're almost there though and I'm glad to have a great team and somebody whom can share some anguish with :)
Floyd
Agree with the others Marina! This paper has been tricky for all of us and a large workload, that and normal life stresses as well as working i think you have done an amazing job and you have been really critical of your topic which is really admirable. It was one of the hardest subjects to define and i'm thankful that you were so proactive in seeking clarification with the tutor and helping us to really understand the ins and outs of it.
Don't sell your abilities short Marina, i have been so pleased with the team i was part of and wouldn't want to change it one bit.
Keep your head up :-)
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