Sunday, October 12, 2014
Team Development
This week while discussing team development and working in groups I started to reminsce about my time as a group leader for an overnight summer camp. This was an interesting group of women (it was a girl scout camp) working together to provide fun experiences for girls 6 to 16 years old. This group of co-workers and myself began working in 2004. We lost some members the summer of 2005 but that group ended up being one of the best groups I have ever had the pleasure of being a participant.
We went through all the stages of team development and became and extremely productive group. After two summers and living together our training week turned into a week of fun and preparing, not learning new skills or teaching others. This group was particularly difficult to leave but we handled the stage of adjourning through communication during the year and reunions throughout the years. As graduate students the adjourning stage is graduation and commencement. This is how we come together and celebrate the success of our class.
Adjourning allows a team to reflect on the good and the bad.
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I like that in your self reflection it allowed you to remember such a great example of team development and how adjourning effected you. I agree that when you build connections and go through the trials and tribulations of having to "figure it out" together as a cohesive group, those bonds can be pretty strong. I can't wait to celebrate graduation and commencement with all my classmates that I have had the pleasure of taking this journey with! Thank you for sharing this week.
ReplyDeleteHi Megan,
ReplyDeleteI can absolutely relate to your situation as a camp counselor. Working a job like that is a very rare experience to most people. It's incredible how fast relationships form and how your co-workers can become family. My camp had students who only attended for one week at a time so every week we had adjourning routines. For me it was certainly hardest to say goodbye to the staff at the end of the summer. Thank you for sharing!