I considered myself lucky to have Kaylyn and Indah in my team, who are very easy to get along with. Generally, we worked quite well together. Kaylyn and I prefer to get our work done as soon as possible while Indah is used to complete her part when nearing the deadlines. Kaylyn and I focus more on the content of our proposal while Indah helps more in the language and format. This differing working styles of ours did not stop us from achieving our final aim, but it serves as our individual strengths that complement each other.
It would have increase the credibility and persuasiveness of our proposal if we had more time to interview more people to have a wider perspective of viewpoints on this topic. This would have made our proposal better. It would have been better if we have a clearer format of our proposal in mind earlier. When nearing the end of the proposal, we find that there are actually many things that we researched initially that is completely not needed in the final proposal. We could have use the time better to research on other more important areas.
From this one-month experience, I have learned to not force people to follow your way of working but to have trust in your teammates and use your strengths to complement one another instead. I have learned to come up with a format plan and have a clear mind before embarking on the research. This will allow resources to be used more effectively and efficiently. I can definitely applied these skills and concepts learned to my future workplace when I worked with people of different working styles.
On the whole, I am thankful for this opportunity to work with Kaylyn and Indah. It was indeed a fulfilling and rewarding experience! We have given our best and I am really proud of our final piece!
Interesting and informative post. Each point is noteworthy. thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading your post.
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ReplyDeleteFirstly, I must congratulate your group for accomplishing an amazing feat of interview Mr Tan from AFA, I guess he must have had a very busy schedule.
It is also heartening and definitely commendable to see that the three of you have different and yet complementary working styles. This must have been a rare opportunity for the three of you to work together on such an informative and thought-provoking project.
It is not easy to have different people with different working styles to work together as a team because assertation from one party can easily lead to conflicts. I am very sure how this group is a success is mostly due to the understanding of each and every team member towards other teammates. For instance, both Jolene and Kaylyn were able to withhold their emotions of anxiety (if any) when found out that Indah is the kind who is used to working near the deadlines, this in itself is a skill that is hard to master and I think Kaylyn and Jolene have mastered it well. Not to mention that Indah has been professional in her work, doing whatever that needs to be completed by the deadline. Certainly, this illustrates she being meticulous and having an efficient work attitude.
Jolene's point on trusting your teammates is a valuble one. Indeed, trust is the most important attribute to a good working relation. Trust helps to bring people closer and ensure that things go smoothly between them. With minimal supervision from others, one can then better concentrate on their work without fear of having to account their work all the time to their teammates. However, a word of caution though, trust can be easily broken and hard to regain. One should be responsible and accountable enough so as to not break the trust others have on them, otherwise, the repurcussions can be dire and hard to fix.
With that in mind, I wish Jolene and her team a good future ahead as they continue to embark on this life-long learning journey of working as a team and of communication.
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DeleteBy the way, I am Soon Siang
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