Some of the challenges that might occur with is a team is the want of power,
issues with communication, control issues, laziness, and lack of motivation. When I
have worked in a team I have encountered all of the above issues. With
communication there have been times where no one wanted to listen to anyone.
They would ignore what others had to say and do what they wanted to do. Control
issues where the main issue that I encountered the most. Everyone wanted to feel
like they were in power and try to control everything that everyone did. I reacted
to this situations by ignoring them, I would not say anything and just do my part
to make sure we would succeed. Others on the team would get in to arguments
constantly. The team would argue about who is the leader, who would do what and
who was right. What I have learned is that they were not the best choices for the
team. They did not help the situation, the issues made more of a delay in our
goals. If a supervisor asked me what it means to strengthen my team I would say
it means cooperation. Without cooperation you can not have a strong team. Some
common challenges that may arise as a team develops would be poor
communication, lack of accountability, and misunderstands. Misunderstands can arise
from poor communication or even the possibility of doubting the team or a team
member. Another common challenge can be clashing of different personalities or
ideas.
I have encountered the challenge of having different personalities clashing within a
team. Whether it was on a sports team or even in the workplaces, this seems to
always be a problem when you have different individuals working together. I
recently had this problem with my coworkers. We are all apart of management but
we have different titles and different roles. Initially we did not work as well
together because we all had different personalities and different management styles.
My team members and I reacted by initially being defensive about our different
management styles, then we came to understand one another and see that what may
work for one person, may not work for the other person. We all came together and
talked about it, and moving forward we have transparency with each other and
good communication.
When strengthen a team, I believe that means you need to have good
communication and understand your role and your teammates roles. I also think it
is important to get to know each other so you can better understand their ideas and
point of view.
When you work as an individual, you are used to making decisions and complete
tasks individually. But when you work with a team, you have to trust your team
mates and let them take a few decisions for the team.
Sometimes, team members make mistakes and it could be hard for you to trust
them with any other decision. But as a team it is important to trust your teammates
and function as a team. To have good communication skills and to be work best
as a team. The typical challenges that occur as a team develop are many different
personalities which can be difficultly especially when everyone are stuck in their
own ways. With my experience I was one of those people. At first I never wanted
to work with others or get to know my co-workers. But when their were positions
were open and I applied to them I got denied because I didn't play well with
others which means I would argue with my co-workers who i felt was being rude
with me or I looked at them funny. So I decided it was time for a change if I
wanted an higher position. So I put my guard down and started to get to know
my co-workers and apologize to them about my behavior and actually got to know
them and once that happen things started to change a lot I actually got offered an
manager position because I already knew my job because I've been with the
company for 4 years and this was my last chance to prove to them that can handle
the responsibility or I was on to be replace. As I got to know my co-workers I
learned many different things from each one of them which shaped me to become
the person I am today. Some types of challenges that occur as a team develops is
when no one is communicating with the other, or not willing to work with
others.From my experience in working in a team, it started off ruff, not because we
didn't know the role of self, but not knowing each other or gave each other a
chance of knowing one another. Everyone had their own way of working, some had
attitudes, and their was one that just didn't even want to work with the rest of the
crew. As days turned into weeks, we were not getting no where (what is the
matter? What are we doing wrong? Who is the blame?) We figured if we were
going to work together and accomplish our goal effectively, we had to have a
meeting, meet and greet type. Soon after that everyone was a little bit stronger and
helped each other out, those that needed, and didn't need it.If my supervisor asked
what does strengthen a team mean to me my response would be to always exercise
good communicate skills, because without that how would one know if your team
member is struggling or too afraid to ask for help due to the lack of understanding,
or the turn down. I think the biggest challenge of forming a new team is
navigating the transition period before everyone understands each other's
communication styles and preferences. It can be generalized as personality difference.
But I think specifically, because of the personality differences, you literally don't
know how to talk to one another. That makes working together and solving
problems difficult. For example, one team member may like to talk things out and
clearly express themselves. Another team member may be somewhat vocal, yet less
direct. Still another member is more passive and less communicative - barely talking
at all. It will take time to learn the non-verbal cues and pick up on the little
signals that alert you to big problems. I encountered this at work. On one project
we developed a quarterly newsletter. Each of us drafted an article to contribute.
Next, we revised each article together as a team. One member, would get
completely silent if edits were made to their article. It took us time to realize she
was communicating through her silence. Today, we hear "guys, I worked hard on
that. I am a perfectionist and I tried my best to make it perfect. It hurts my
feelings when you critique it." We reacted by reassuring them that their work was
valued and that we all had different styles. If asked how to "strengthen a team?" I
would respond by saying start by listening and learning everyone's communication
styles. Typical Challenges that occur as a team develops for me I would say is
personality clashes that would be my number one thought when developing a team.
I have encountered different personalities that clashed where there were 2 like
personalities that maybe had to take control where as you had other personalities
that were more adaptable but they also got the brunt of the other personalities and
at times were left out. I would try to break up the teams into smaller teams where
each team had different personalities that were not alike. Then after the teams each
had a discussion I would bring them back together as a whole for input. The other
team members adapted to the way I set it up as they did not feel as intimidated
and the others not left out. The reactions are normal for teams you get a mixture
of personalities and you just have to develop the teams accordingly. If my
supervisor asked my what it means to strengthen a team I would think first and
foremost Team Building. Whether inside of work during meetings or outside of
work activities. Appreciation is another way to strengthen a team it boosts morale.
When a team is put together sometimes personalities clash immediately. These are
the most obvious, but sometimes this will happen over time as teammates work
together. At times it is over communication, there are so many trips in this
department. Some people are long winded others keep it short and simple. There is
a balance in information people need and not having the appropriate information for
tasks. It is important to keep information sharing professional in a team, everyone
is busy and have jobs to do, we have to keep this in mind.
I have had some issues with communication, mainly just misunderstandings and not
enough information. Nothing too major and nothing that caused serious problems
except for one. At my old company I was part of a team put together to open a
new warehouse in Nebraska. The GM for that location asked me to drive the van
to my warehouse. I just thought someone else would come and pick it up there, at
least that is how he made it sound. I had no idea it was a rental, it was just a
white van, no rental markings. Two weeks later I got a call from my boss asking
if the van was still there in out parking lot and why it had not been returned to
Enterprise. My boss was mad, not so much at me, because I explained the situation
and he knew I was not that incompetent from our years together. However, I still
felt guilty and upset that that had happened. I took it back to Enterprise and turned
it in and I did not normally work with that GM. So, I did not call him or send
any communication about it I am sure he heard it from my boss though. zz
The biggest typical challenges that occur while developing a team would definitely
have to be the lack of diversity, and clarity. Differing cultural assumptions can
more than less make it harder for a team to bond. Without a team being able to
properly bond will eventually lead to friction and misunderstandings, this therefore
hinders the achievement of goals within a team.
During my current job we have experienced the lack of diversity and clarity in our
teams, for example we have these two Spanish speaking employees who do
absolutely wonderful work when working with each other. During our meetings as
a whole company is when it starts to become difficult for them which leads to it
being difficult for us. This is where clarity comes in, without clarity of our
meetings topic the two natives cannot fully understand what we are trying to
achieve without us pulling them aside and having separate meetings for them to
have better understandings of the topic up for discussion. Being lost in translation
ends up adding to the problems they are already trying to adjust to when being on
a team that does not have a lot of diversity. This leads to them being discouraged
and keeping their head down, not feeling as though they can speak freely or being
useful enough to offer up their valid ideas to improve our teams.
In the beginning me and some other co workers did not react as well as we should
have. We found this diversity in our team to be quite frustrating and time
consuming. Me and other supervisors were having to take time out of what we
were doing already to bring them into another room to have separate meetings so
they could get a better understanding of what happened in the previous meeting.
This therefore defeated the whole purpose of a Team meeting. Not having the
whole team together as one to bounce off of each others ideas led us to not really
being able to improve as we needed. Our reactions were completely inappropriate
and after taking the time to sit down and talk to other supervisors about this we
began to see how this was not the appropriate way to react. I thought about what
if it was me in their shoes, how would I feel if I noticed what was going on. It
was discouraging to me and made me really take a step back to see how we could
change this aspect of our team and the way we handled it.If my big boss came to
me and asked what it meant to strengthen a team I would have to say specifically
for our diverse team it would be hiring someone who could speak both languages,
a translator possibly. Without a translator on such a diverse teams, asks for conflict.
We need a way to have everyone on the same page in a comfortable environment
where they feel welcomed and can be understood. This would benefit the overall
team indefinitely. Some challenges that occur are not asking questions, which can
lead to not knowing what to do. Clarity can become an issue as well, if the
instructions for a task or role are unclear it’s likely the project will be
incomplete.With my previous job we did have issues with clarity, we hired a few
new people therefore the daily task list and breaks were changed. Because we had
two call centers on different time zones, some wouldn’t have their tasks completed
before the next person because they weren’t aware of the changes, or were
confused on when the new schedule would start. This would cause the entire day
to be behind because we would have to finish the previous shifts work before
being able to do ours. This happen a few different times and each time it was an
unpleasant situation. Me being on of the team members being affected by this, I
brushed it off the first couple days because we all understand the confusion. But
from there I messaged the person directly with a friendly reminder of the changes
and tasks (normal procedures), if it continued to become an issue the supervisor
would need to step in. However, the times I approached the situation with a
friendly attitude the situation was resolved and there were no personal feelings or
conflict. To strengthen a team would involve myself and others, understanding each
other’s weaknesses and strengths to be able to give each person a task they can
strive on. For an example, for someone who is gets overwhelmed easily, I would
give this person a less stressful task, to where maybe they do not have a deadline.
