A team is defined as a group of three or more people who interact over time to achieve a goal or a purpose (Guffey). You probably have participated in a number of teams throughout your life. Examples include Boy and Girl Scout troops, sports teams, school clubs, theater groups, music groups, and dozens of others, including workplace committees.
Select one of the teams you have participated in and describe it to us. Be sure to tell us how many were in the team, what the team’s goal was, and whether the goal was accomplished. Be specific.
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Honestly, I never was in many groups when I was a kid. I never joined girl scouts or did any sports in school. The only time I was really on any kind of teams were when I was either in Chior, gym, theater or even at my job I have right now. When I was in theater for school, sometimes our teams would either consist of two to three people. In these cases, our goal would be to get our scripts memorized and do a very good job performing for the rest of the class. We usually did very well, but sometimes, I got stuck with people who really didn't care what we were doing, so i would push them to actually work on our assigned scripts. Overall, it was a pretty fun class to have and i eneded up with good grades because of my motivation, and because of how i treated my partners. All it takes is a little bit of pushing, but also a lot of respect to get things done in a group. We did have many fun ideas, and we put together our thoughts so we could decide on what kinds of things we would do in a certain script. It was definately fun for me!
Well I guess I had a few groups I was in as a kid,there was Volleyball. Once I got into a job situation I was in teams alot more often. When I was the manager at a telemarketing company, we worked as a group. We would deside on who to hire, what to train them on, what projects they would work on, so on and so forth. There were four of us in this managment team. So it was not always easy for us to agree on the same things. Our goal was to always do what was best for the company we worked for and strive for greater achievement. Our goals where met a majority of the the time. In the long run the company went out of business, due to the owner not doing his part.
The best depiction of me working in a group, outisde of work, would be my band experiences. I have been in many bands over the years, and have always found it very enjoyable. Most recently my band, Social Parasite a Tribute to Alice in Chains, has been a good learning experience. There are five members in the band, including myself, and we each have our own responsibilties in the band. We choose a few songs to learn every week and then we are responsible to go home and practice the chosen songs and be ready for practice on Wednesdays or Thursdays. We also have to work as a team when we practice together by listening to each others parts and staying in the correct time signature. This goes on top of the bond we have with each other that helps us to "feed" off each others playing and moods. I could go on about this for a long time and get really detailed, but this is probably enough.
April 15, 2009 5:51 AM
I was in a team of a million, in the Navy we all worked for a common goal of fighting our enemies to ensure our freedom. Not a fun job, however, it was important for us to accomplish our goals. At this time there are still men and women taking on a great challenge and working with our team..
Over the years I have had the opportunity to be part of many different groups. I was in 4-H, FFA, Junior Dairy Association, WI Jersey Breeders Association, FFA Alumni, Post Secondary Agriculture Students, Farm Bureau, band and one act plays. All of the groups were unique in their own way some things were positive and others not so much! The one thing I have learned is no matter what the organization or group, team work is always the key to success. All members need to be on the same page, striving for a common goal. I am a firm believer that Together Everyone Achieves More.
One example is one member of the band does not practice their parts so, when the whole band gets together the music will not sound as nice as if everyone knew their part. This was the case in my high school jazz band. There were about 12 members who met one morning a week. The limited group practices made it critical that each person did their homework and learned their parts. This however, did not always happen so the beautiful music turned into music that only a tone deaf mother could love! The balance of harmony turned into squabbling musicians. With this happening the instructor became upset and cancelled the next jazz band performance. I was crushed because I had practiced my saxophone faithfully and knew my parts and the solos that I was to perform. It did not seem fair that one or two people should ruin it for the group.
A saying I always remember is “a group is only as good as its weakest member.” So I always strive for greatness and shoot for the moon and if I miss I will still be amongst the stars!
The only group that I can think of that I was in, was high school marching band. Collectively, we numbered in the mid sixties.
During my sophomore year of band, our school was selected to march in the Queens parade in London, England. To prepare for this huge event, we had to practice marching in formation and read the music with making little to no mistakes.
We averaged 5 practices per week. When the time came to actually march, many of our brass instruments froze, seeing it was one of the coldest winters in history. It was up to the rest of us to compensate for the frozen instruments, but with all the practice we had, we pulled an amazing show off.
I have been in quite a few groups in my life. The one that sticks out the most would be Forensics. Forensics is a group that trains and help anyone who wanted to learn the skills of public speaking. Some examples of things that have been done on helping us achieve those were: single play acts, storytelling, informative speeches, or demonstrations on how to do something, whether it be how to cook something simple, or showing how to play an instrument. My group consisted of about 10 people; and what was nice about the small group is that we always helped one another out, whether we were stuck on trying to remember the words to a single play act, revising our speeches, or being in the audience to critique us. Our goal was not only to win and go further on in the competition, but it was also to learn how to speak better in a public setting, in front of strangers. I would have to say that we all met our goals; whether it be to go on to the next round of competition, or getting over our fear of public speaking in front of strangers. Everyone accomplished their goal. Some may have not went on, but they accomplished their goal of getting familiar with speaking in front of strangers, and not being so afraid. Others accomplished their goals by going onto the next round of competition. I think that in forensics I accomplished my goal of getting over my fear of public speaking. I was always the shy one and always afraid to stand up there, all eyes on me and having to tell a story by heart. I also made another goal by going further on in the competition to the next round, although I only made it to the second round, it made me think of how good I felt about meeting my goals and having the support of the rest of the group. Everyone worked as a team to help each other succeed, whether or not they had the same goals. We worked with each other to accomplish not only our individual goals, but the goals of the whole team.
An example of a group that I have been in was when I was in a high school marketing class. Our class created a school store in a mall and everyone in the class were appointed certain tasks. For most of us in the class, we were new to running a business with customers coming in at a steady pace and had to work together to make sure that we were successful. None of us realized how much work it was to run a school store with a lot of merchandise but, by working as a group, we did really well and the cutomers with pleased with how we did. I enjoyed the experience in working as a group on that occasion and it was very rewarding.
I was part of Karate Americans 2007 competition team, there were ten of us. As a team we would practice together twice a week to get ready for karate tournaments. At the tournaments we competed as a team and supported eachother as a team. Our main goal was to get 70% of the team to place in the top 3 spots. The tournaments were usually a success. Being a part of the competition team was a fun and positive learning experience.
The group that I have recently joined is the FBLA club here at Globe University. FBLA stands for, Future Business Leaders of America. Our first meeting took place last Tuesday, in Room 212. Our advisor is Heather Rothbauer-Wanish, a teacher here at Globe. I believe that there were about 15 of us that attended this first meeting. At that time we elected our president, Travis, along with a vice president, secretary, and treasurer. One of the best ways to describe FBLA is through the use of the goals of the organization. Some of the goals can be to:
• Develop competent, aggressive leadership
• Strengthen the confidence of students in themselves and their work
• Create more interest in and understanding of American business enterprise
• Encourage members in the development of individual projects which contribute to the improvement of home, business, and community
I personally joined this group, because I plan on becoming one of those future business leaders when I earn my master’s degree here at Globe University in Eau Claire. I hope to gain valuable leadership skills from this experience. There are no limits to any decisions that I make for my future, when I decide to take that extra step in life. This can happen for you to if you decide to make a difference in the world, as I have.
I have been on many teams during my high school years. One of the most memorable teams was during my freshman year of hockey. We were a very small group, with only 11 kids on the team. Our goal, just like every other teams goal, was to win a state championship. We accomplished this goal not just because of skill, but because we were such a small team, we were able to communicate more clearly and understand each other better. Because we were able to communicate better than most teams, we had an advantage right from the start. From the beginning of the season we knew that we were good, but we did not know that we would be as good as we were by the end of the season. It is an advantage to have a team of people that are close to each other. They know each other so well, that no words need to be said after a while during the game. Our final record was 49-2-1. I believe it was because of our communication abilities.
I was in numerous sports and clubs as i was growing up and my most memorable one was softball. I played softball in Chippewa Falls for many years in the summer time. The teams usually consisted of around 15 players and our goal was to win and have fun while doing it. There were times that we won and times that we did lose, but i did always have fun doing it.
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