I remember when I was in the academy for the Sheriff Department for 8 weeks with a total of about 36 individuals. On the first day or orientation I didn't know what to expect I just look at it as I am going to do these 8 weeks graduate and have a good paying job. Little did I know that each day each week me and my classmates became closer and closer to each other. We began forming study groups with each other to ensure we all past the test, workout session so that those that was physically meeting the requirements met the requirements and even began eating and going out together. You can say we were one big happy family.
Out of all the groups I have been involved in I would definitely say that my academy class was the hardest to leave. Even though after graduation we were going to the same place but we would no longer see each other like we did for 8 weeks and we had the greatest class counselor ever. On our last day we did a team bilding and even though we had already bonded well it made the team bulding exercise even better. On graduation we all cried tears of joy and we have our class counselor a token of our appreciate. Right before graduation we all sat in a circle and we talked about the ups and downs of academy and how at the end we all made it.
I feel adjourning is essential to teamwork because it tells you your strengths and weakness what you can achieve as a team to continue or to get stronger.
Wow! Now that's what I call a productive team. You all were focused on the same goal and instead of focusing on individual goals you all were able to form a bond that included everyone. No one was left behind. This is the same concept that takes place when new Airman go off to bootcamp for the military. The only way they can survive is by relying on their team members. They too cry tears of joy because they reflect on all the challenges they had to face, but together they were able to overcome those obstacles. O'Hair & Wiemann (2009) "In a true group, members need one another to accomplish the group's goals, and each member's actions and decisions affect the other members" (p. 241).
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O'Hair, D. & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's Boston
Rena,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed reading your blog. And you are so right; it's hard to say goodbye when you've grown so close to those you have worked with! :-)