I love being a part of a
team! The feeling of accomplishment you
get when you finish the project or meet a deadline at hand is amazing. I am the type of person wants to get in there
and help out in any way possible. My
positive attitude can be annoying to some people (lol) who instead of looking
at this chance to make something better, look at it as something that is a pain
in the rear. When working in a team environment I find that is when the creativity
comes out in people.
It is amazing that just
throwing out an idea that seems silly in your mind can become something great
that everyone else likes and it grows from there. It is a great time to ask questions and
figure out where we need to go and understanding that I don’t always have to
lead (it is in my nature to do this) because sometimes it is better to be a
follower so I can learn how to become a better leader.
Once
we establish what our goal is I immediately want to talk about ways we can achieve
our outcome. I ask questions to everyone
as a group and as individuals. For example,
the manual I created for verifications in our new system has already had 5
revisions because I have worked with each member of our team as a whole and one
on one. I found that as a group not
everyone was comfortable with stating that they didn’t understand all the
information that was provided in the manual.
By sitting down with each member one on one, they were able to express what
things they didn’t understand or what was confusing for them. Then I was able to improve the manual while
explaining to all the campuses that changes are going to happen until we are
all comfortable with the new processes.
Everyone seems to be happy with the fact that I am open to suggestions
and improvements.
When
we have deadlines for posting funds to students accounts I send out the
spreadsheets two weeks ahead of time and ask everyone if they have questions or
concerns. If a counselor gets
overwhelmed I will jump in and help them so we meet our deadline. What is the best way and easiest way to get
this done? Is there a way to make it
better? It works the other way as
well. If I am behind and others are
caught up they will ask what they can do to help me out. I have learned that even if it isn’t done the
way I would want it to be done, I have to trust that my teammates will do their
very best to make sure it is right. This
has opened my eyes to better ways to do things, a smarter way to accomplish the
same goal. When you are so close to something
you don’t always see the details, it takes another set of eyes to help you see the
whole picture.
I tend
to be the peacemaker as well so I want everyone to get along because we are together
all day 5 days a week it is important for everyone to keep that cohesion that is
a must for teamwork! We can get stressed
out at times so I will suggest a lunch date for us as a team to just let loose
and enjoy each other outside of the work place.
We will call a group meeting without our director when we need to get
the petty crap out of the way and we don’t want it to get to a point that involves
getting anyone in trouble. Each person
handles stress differently so finding a happy medium for everyone involved
tends to show that you care about each person as an individual and not just someone
you work with. We are a family and know
that there will be times when we don’t along with each other much like brothers
and sisters do so you deal with it and get over it and move on. Our motto is “One team One Dream” and it
works for us.
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