[SOLVED] Interpersonal Skills in an Organisation
reply to the below statement from a classmate.Word count has to be 150 or more My immediate reaction to this post was irritation for the other members on the team. I myself have been on teams before where others have not pulled their weight because they were either lazy or did not care enough to do the work involved. However, when I read the case study further, my irritation turned towards the team. When you are part of a team, it is your duty to make sure everyone on the team is on the same page and know what is mandatory and what is not. To know what is expected and what is not. From the beginning it seems as if obligations of the team and how the team effort should go were not clarified. From the beginning of any group or team project rules and regulations MUST be implied and made known. From what I have seen, the team continuously is making assumptions and just observing the matter getting worse and worse. The team has clearly worked with Corey in the past on other team projects and he was always on par with how he got things done. Expect, this year he is not doing his best and his teammates see a change in him. But where is their empathy? A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, as his team members they need to find it in them to be empathetic and try to see if one or all could maybe talk to him. In our textbooks (de Janasz, Dowd, & Schneider, 2019), we learned about active listening strategies and a few that could help resolve this situation are having empathy and as a team they need to show interest and if Corey so happens to open up to them, then as his team members everyone needs to listen sincerely and genuinely care about what he tells them is going on. However, if Coreys teammates do decide to approach him and ask him what is wrong, they need to make sure to not be condescending or rude about his coming late, leaving early, and attention loss during the meetings. They need to approach Corey with open minds, listen to him, and they all need to let him know that they are there to help support him through whatever he is going through but they need him there when he is there so they can finish their team project as one. References: de Janasz, S. C., Dowd, K. O., & Schneider, B. Z. (2019). Interpersonal skills in organization. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. Words: 422
