In the
Conflict Management Style exercise, my top conflict style was the Accommodating
Teddy Bear. I think this style fits me
well because I am more concerned about other people’s happiness more than my
own. I try to make sure that there is no
conflict and that if there is, that it gets resolved quickly. Lately two of my best friends have been fighting
with one another, and I am trying to help them resolve it. This is evidence of the “Teddy Bear” within
me. I want everything to be peaceful
between everyone, however though this is not always possible.
I would say
my greatest communication strength is being considerate of others because I
value other’s opinions and feelings.
Making sure that you understand and consider other’s opinions and ideas
is important for effective communication to take place. I would say my weakest communication strength
is not always effectively communicating my own opinion or feelings because I
often will let my opinion fall to the wayside in order for others to be heard
and matter. This weakness is not good
because it causes repressed feelings to sometimes build up and explode all at
once. This definitely affected me my
freshman year of college because issues with my roommate arose late in the
semester because I finally voiced my opinion and feelings that I had kept to
myself.
Communicating
with my Summit group this semester so far has been going well. However, in living with others conflict can
always arise. Ways that I can better
communicate with my group is making sure they know how I am feeling so that a
conflict doesn’t arise way after when it should have been previously
handled. Conflicts can be handled much
more easily and quickly if the issue is resolved right after the fact.
In order to
be a better leader, I would need to make sure that my opinion is known. Effective leaders cannot lead if they do not
have any opinions or morals in which they stand by.
-Caitlin L.
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