The Team Player

Currently I am working in a leadership role in my career. I have worked in various leading positions including, must current position. (Operations/Area Supervisor)

I have taken collage level courses on leadership and conflict resolution. I believe that this class SOC110 will reinforce my current skills and talents. I would like to learn something new; I don’t believe that is likely. Over the next five weeks I will be learning teamwork, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills. I will use the information from each week, and implement it into my work. Here are the scenarios, and there outcomes.

At work my area of responsibility, and five additional Area Supervisors areas of responsibility are teamed together to form a profit center. In addition to individual performance we are evaluated on team performance. My individual performance for the year 2006 was very successful. The team performance for 2006 was not as successful. I was not recognized for my individual performance but for team performance only. This was definitely a disadvantage of a team. I decided to share my reasons for success with the team, I felt If I shared with the team It would benefit all members in the long run. I will not know the long term outcome until the end of our first quarter, but the first few week of the New Year I have got positive feed back from the Supervisors.

My company just introduced a new and exciding way for our Restaurant Managers to involve their Assistant Managers more in the operation of the business. We have introduced different teams within one restaurant. Each area of the restaurant will now have a team, with an Assistant manager as the team lead. I was responsible for identifying the areas of opportunity, and strengths for each of the Assistant Managers. I wanted to be sure that the Managers would improve on there areas of opportunity, and continue to be strong in there strong areas. I got everyone involve to be in agreement. I explained to the Assistant Managers the impact of leadership, this allow them to see the bigger picture. My class on teambuilding processes and strategies really allow me to be more detailed in forming a team. Usually I would have just put people where I wanted them, not where the belonged. This allow for a very smooth start to a new process.

Each week I have a Restaurant Managers meeting with all of the Restaurant Managers in my area. I communicate there week results, and there month to date results. I seek expatiations for the next weeks meeting. After week threes class I decided to use the ten steps to a productive meeting. I always relied on the Restaurant Managers to pass the message their assistant managers. I decided to invite the assistant managers to the meeting this time. I also changed the meeting place. I would usually conduct the meetings in one of the restaurants. I move the meeting to our office conference room, because when we are meeting in a restaurant we are