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Blog Assignment Six

The five stages of team development forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning each of these stages provides team with a sense of direction. The stages help with the performance of how well a group performs.  As I reflect on the stages of team development the most difficult stage is that of adjourning.  In the adjourning stage you are taken the final steps in meeting the team goals.  Reflecting on the groups in which I have been involved in I would say the hardest group that was for me to leave was my high school graduating class. I say this is the group because this group was the group that I went through from the beginning of my school journey to the end.  Participating in the class graduation was the ritual that I experienced and enjoyed at the time.  I imagine that I will adjourn from this group of colleagues in a different manor for some of my colleagues will actually participate in the graduation ceremony where at this particular moment I will not be participating in the ceremony. The stage of adjourning plays a major role in the stage of teamwork because of the bond that is built between each of the team member.

Nonviolent Communication and Conflict Management

A recent disagreement or conflict that I experienced recently happened at work. The incident occurred during our schedule staffing period. The Health coordinator had question whether a child needed to have medicine present on site based on his physical form. The child in question was in his second year in the program and needed medicine on site the previously year before. Now the doctor had signed the new physical form stating that the child needed an asthma action plan and medicine on site. According to the health coordinator the doctor has marked “no” in the place where it state “does the child need medication at school”. Now the asthma action plan was already filled out and on site. The confusion came in when the teacher and the case manage as well indicated that the child does have to have medicine at school and not having it on site will be a mistake. The Health coordinator is a person who think that she is right no matter what and what she says goes, she even reach the point where she took the child physical form and pointed it directly in my face. After a brief pause I ask her to back that paper out of my face because I could see as well as read without the paper been in my face. Because she begins talking defensive I quickly went in the defensive mold. As a result of this class if this would occur again I would implement the principles of NVC and the 3R’s strategies to have a smoother transition. The strategies that I will apply as a part of communicating with others would be listening, showing respect, been responsive.