What's Gonna Work? Teamwork!

I know this is super silly, but since I am the oldest and have younger sibling, kid shows are always playing at my house and I know the theme songs for must of them. Now, when I think of teamwork the first thing that comes into my head is the Wonder Pets theme song. The lyrics I think of are What's gonna work? Teamwork! What's gonna work? Teamwork! We're not to big and we're not to tough, but when we work together we got the right stuff! I know these lyrics may seem very silly, but to me they accurately represent what teamwork is. I know that I am never the biggest or the toughest, but luckily that isn't what teamwork is about. Teamwork is about working together, just like the wonderpets said.

Teamwork has actually been something that I've always though I was good at. I'm good at trying to make everyone feel like equals, which in a group I think you need to be. I am also usually more than willing to pick up the slack if someone is struggling or isn't putting in enough effort. I like teamwork because I feel, if done right, it will build people in a group and can form great relationships.

When it comes to dysfunctions of a team, I think my main one is fear of conflict. As I've said before I hate conflict and will basically try to avoid it at all costs. In a group setting I can be very compliant because I don't want to even accidentally start a conflict with someone. However, this definitely makes it so my ideas don't often get heard because I either don't say them or don't stick up for them. I know this is something I need to work on, so that I can strengthen the groups I'm in.

Finally, I think that were my group in this class falls is Forming. I think that we are all in the initial stage where we're not really sure where we stand with each other and still haven't gotten to know each other that well. Everyone in the group is still very polite to each other. I don't think that it is bad that we are still in this stage, since we haven't actually worked together that much yet. Plus, I think that after we get to know each other we will definitely move to the other stages. Right now we are still getting to know each other, but I think that we're all really good and teamwork and are going to make an awesome group!