Geese and Ballons

In today’s activity we were ask to construct a tower made out of eight balloons, with in our groups. Once we were giving the “set go” to start our minds started to work to come up with the tallest tower. In opinion for this exercise I took on the role of the leader, I was the one that came up with the initial idea and every idea after that would sort of be either be approve by me or not. I was careful not to sound manipulative towards any ideas nor reject them for any reason. I just take it all in and if they worked great, if not we need it to find a way of make it work or make some changes to the idea. I felt like our team work was very good, we were enthusiastic about and we got along well. That’s why I would also say I was “trabajador en equipo”. All four of use embrace the power of our team and took advantage of our qualities, while if had any disadvantage such as myself blowing up the balloons. I would start working a different task, to make sure we used the two minutes giving to us to its maximum.

While we did some good things, at the end we could have done better. We focused too much on building the tallest tower, instead just brainstorming for a bit. Had we just during asked more questions about the rules of the game we could have potentially won it. We let our imagination take over right of way and worried too much about the time limit. While we could have used props to help us attach the balloons together or tied them up together. We at the end decided to just stack the balloons on top of each other with our hands, but in the process we popped them all.

It was quite amazing watching the video of how the geese fly; no wonder they withstand trips of thousands of miles to migrate from the north to the south every year. It shows how good team work can pay dividends and lead a team to being successful. The geese are the perfect example of team work at its best, they all carry the heavy load for awhile before the next up comes to take their place and let the one rest. There’s a say that coaches use a lot but can be applied anywhere, “you are only as strong as your weakest link”. As a team we need to realize what are our strengths and weaknesses, and realize that not always we can be the one flying in front and leading the rest. We each have to take our place and always motivate our leader, to make sure we have a successful team.

                Another quality of the geese is the fact that they never leave a comrade behind. Whenever one of them is sick and can’t continue to fly two of them stay with until they are ready to fly again. That means that when someone in our team is falling behind we should give them a hand. We can’t just let a teammate behind; unity is the key component a successful team.

Preguntas pg 56.

Por que la recapitulacion es una tecnica de comunicacion tan poderosa?  Recap is a strong quality for effective communication for just about anything. In my opinion it’s quite important to recap the main points especially after a meeting at work. In my case at my job, after each meeting between my managers and co-workers we always do a quick recap to make sure we’re all on the same “boat”.  It’s very important for individuals to listen to key points and stored them, to have a good comprehension of what’s been talked about. To accomplish that we can paraphrase what the other person is communicating, that way we make sure we both understand each other. Which is the whole purpose of effective communication, in order for that to be accomplished both the sender and the receptor can focus on the main points of any conversation.

Identifique tres escenarios en el trabajo que podrian propiciar conversaciones estresantes? There many different scenarios which can produce a stressful conversation to occur. I’m going to mentioned three different ones that I have been a part of in career. At a very young age (19) I became a supervisor working for meat company in the U.S.A. I happened to also be bilingual at this company which also hired many Mexicans workers to due duties that other people didn’t really like. We had a crew which in charge of cleaning the office space during the evening hours. I was called up one day by one of my superiors, to my surprise he wanted me to fire one of the those guys. They found security videos and computer history of this employee viewing pornography on job computers. Since I was bilingual and the worker was Mexican, I had to go through and let him go because unethical behavior on job site. I also had a stressful situation recently with an associate of mine. This individual is not receptive to criticism or feedback, but I had to tell him that he needed to control his emotions a little bit better. Because whenever he was upset the whole team would notice, thus it created an stressful work environment. Lastly another scenario which can lead to an stressful situation and I have seen happened, is whenever the company makes changes. Which can result in workers becoming not happy with the workplace, and as result there’s a lot of tension among workers.

Suponga que su gerente no escucha sus sugerencias para mejorar su trabajo. Como se metacomunicaria para abordar este propblema??  Well even though I’ve never experienced that in career, we always have to be prepared. In all our jobs we are ask to do a task, but we come up with our own ideas or ways to get the task done. If I noticed a barrier between myself and my manager, I have to find a way to let him/her know how to change that. I would first approach my manager on day I think he’s doing fine, not stressed out or upset. I would then come up and say “hi” and have a conversation about a topic I know he/she might like. After doing so I would proposed that we need to improve our communication that it needs to be effective and how that would good that will turn out for the both of us. I would mention that I had a few to share that could potentially improve my performance as well as our job.

Cuales son las consecuencias que tienen las diferencias de comunicacion segun el genero en la conduccion de reunions?? The material that will be given in any meeting should always well thought out as well as organized with Q&A session. There should always be one leader who will conduct the meeting with clear ideas to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Keeping the meeting relaxes and outgoing helps to keep the worker engaged with the material being presented. When these things are not applied the meeting could very well become a waste of time. Workers might put attention to the message or they may simply take it the wrong way because the material wasn’t crisp clear. After a meeting in which the communication was not effective the workers could leave with the wrong message in their minds, because of the simple fact that the communication was not the right one.

Examen de Personalidad: 

After taking the personality test these were the results it gave me. It said I was Extravert, Sensing (intuition), Feeling, and Perceiving. I do agree with the results to a certain extent. I’m very outgoing and I really like to meet new people whether it’s for my professional or personal life.  I’ve learn through the year that getting alone with other is a virtue, because we’re all different and we can learn many things from each.

When I look at the person in the mirror, I see someone who has learned a lot from all the twist and turns that life throws at him. Someone who is very responsible is always striving to go beyond of what is expected. While building lasting relationship with people, family, co-workers, and friends, which in my opinion is very important since we deal and live them throughout our lives. One of what qualities that I’m the most proud is that I enjoy helping and giving to others in which ever fashion I can. I believe that given is much better than receiving, therefore I’ll do what I can to help anyone out.

How to resign from a job?

Resigning from a job should always be done with diligence, because the only one affected by not doing so is the worker and not the employer. That’s my opinion because we (workers) strive to have an impressing resume that help us obtain that very much wanted job Interview. Therefore the resume will have references to previously held jobs, which means that we need a good reference from the employer that we are leaving from.

The two times I have resign from a job it was to go to a better job or because I was going to school. One thing I always made sure to do was to thanks the employer for the opportunity they have given to grow with in their company while learning valuable lessons. I let them that will carry those lessons with me throughout my professional career no matter where I go.

I proceed to communicate to the employer the reasons why I will be leaving the company. If the reason why I’m leaving the company it to go to another job, I’ll let them know the reasons why. While always taking into considerations the things to make sure they will understand the move. While on the other hand if going to continue to study, I’ll let them know that I need to dedicate more time to the education which prevents me from fully being committed into my duties at the company. With either reason as to why I might choose to resign, I would never go too much on detail to let the employer know that I might be leaving because there are things in the company that I don’t like. I will make sure to leave the job behind on terms with everybody, to make sure that I will always have that positive reference from any of my employers.