Teamwork
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: personal leadership, future-oriented organisation
We've been already working in a team for a few months and at some point I recognised that our work required a review. I was thinking that I worked more than other team members. However, I couldn't come to any objective concluison about that issue. I contacted a coach and got an advice to do a retrospective and figure things out. I brought my concern to the team. Not everybody liked it, but we took our time in a quite room, had a discussion, came up with new agreements, plans and team goals. As a result I figured out that we had forgotten to regularly update the documentation. We also had no clear planning solution. Thus, we updated everything and used Asana to make planning and a timeline as Gantt Chart.
Feedback:
Semester coach says that I've showed some good personal leadership and managed to solve a problem in a proper way.
Team said that I brought attention to what we needed to do in order to achieve goals. Motivatived to work harder.
However, I have to learn to bring information in a more friendly way, more professional way and in time.
Reflection:
Working in a team can be both rewarding and challenging, and it's important to continually strive to improve teamwork skills. In this project, I recognized that there were issues with our team's organization and communication, and I took the initiative to address these issues by bringing my concerns to the team and seeking out the advice of a coach. By having a retrospective and implementing new agreements and tools like Asana, we were able to improve our project planning and documentation.
While I received positive feedback for my personal leadership in addressing these issues, I also received constructive criticism on the way I presented the information to my team. I need to work on bringing information to the team in a more professional and timely manner, and I will strive to do so in future projects. Additionally, I need to make sure to reflect on my own personal growth and areas for improvement in my reflections, rather than just focusing on the positive aspects of the team's work. I will work on being more authentic and personal in my reflections, and setting specific learning goals for myself in order to continue improving my teamwork skills.