I
had a part time job working for Victoria Secrets and love the job and the
people there. So, when it was time for us to depart because the store was
closing, I had a hard time letting. The experience I had there at that store
brought about a lot of friendships, and I still miss those ladies till this
day. The adjourning phase allowed me to reflect on our accomplishments and
failures as a group, and I have come to realized that I wouldn’t mind working
with that group of people again. We were a high performance group, and yes it
was hard to leave them because we worked well together. Although, we all had
different opinions about how the store should be ran; we still established a
norm with one another because we had a clear understanding of everyone's viewpoint.
During this stage, group roles also solidify, and leader emerges (O’Hair and
Wiemann, 2009). We all wanted the store to perform well, and that was our
primary goal. So, we all worked closely to make sure that our store was ranked
in the top 10 across the nation. When it was time for use to close the store
down, we decided to go out and celebrate our friendship with one another.
Although, the store was closing, we felt that our friendship with one another
should continue outside of Victoria Secret, so we keep in touch. Some time,
some of us get together to reflect on all the good days we had at Victoria
Secret.
Once
I complete my courses, I find it to be hard to keep in contact with my
colleagues from my previous class unless they join me in my next class. I think
it would be a good idea to stay in contact with some of my colleagues because
they have provided me with a lot of insight, when it pertains to the early
childhood education. I believe adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork
because it allows people to reflect back, and decide whether or not if they
want to continue working with the group they are involved with or move on to
another group. I also believe that people should have the option to opt out of
a group if it is not working out for them.
Reference
O’Hair,
D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication: An introduction. New
York: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
That is awesome that you were able to create a work area like that. I have had a few of those moments and jobs. I miss those people but at the same time some of them I am glad to have risen above that level of work. I have been back to some of those places and some of teh same people still owrk there....
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