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Writer 1

There are many things people can do to try and get that one member more effective in the group. The first thing is making sure they are comfortable with the group. They must  feel that they are effectively communicating or participating in the group otherwise they will want to leave. Making sure to check for feelings, you can identity the emotions that the critic seems to be expressing. Having responsibilities and ground rules clear at the beginning. Discuss problems as they arise rather than letting them fester till people explode or leave the group. Making to sure to realize that each team member are not responsible for each others happiness. Taking time to make sure everyone in the group is on the same page is important.

      I work at a hair salon where communication is very important. I have been working at this location for a few weeks and already three girls have quit. Something has been going on before I entered the group and I am sure it is because they were not working in a open environment with great communication between the management and the workers. To combat this happing again, we requested a team meeting to regroup and start a new plan of understanding and communication.

Works Cite:Locker, Kitty O. (2013). Business and Administrative Communication. New York. McGraw- Hill

Writer2

As a team leader, you can assign someone to bring a person up to speed if they happen to miss a meeting. Team members that happen to miss meetings become less committed to the team (Locker, 2013). Sometimes, it takes someone from the team to help motivate another team member. Sending someone to physically catch them up on what's going on shows that you care enough to make that effort. If a team member is moping around, you can’t just let them try to encourage themselves and hope for the best. It’s okay to send reinforcements.

You can also prevent team members from feeling left out. Team leaders can organize team building exercises to build camaraderie within the group. Another good way to build a good team is by doing activities outside of the regular work environment. Things like organized softball tournaments or barbecues at the park with the team members’ families can bring a team closer.

Procedural leaders set the agenda, make sure that everyone knows what’s due for the next meeting, communicate with absent team members, and check to be sure that assignments are carried out (Locker, 2013). As a leader, you can accomplish all this with respect to the rest of the members. If leaders disrespect other members of the group, then people tend to feel left out and not part of the team. Delegating these tasks can be tricky. I’ve come across some leaders that try to dominate the whole team by talking down to others while delegating tasks. Some leaders don’t mean to have an aggressive tone, but that is just something that all of us have to monitor.

References

Locker, K.,& Kienzler, D. (2013). Business and Administrative Communication (10th edition). New York: McGraw Hill Higher Education.