ADJOURNING MEETING'S

     I think that high performing groups are the hardest to leave, because it feels like home when working with a group of people who share the same goals, commitment and have a genuine respect and care for others ideas, thoughts, opinions and input. During my undergrad program I was a part of a group, in which we worked as a team to form a lesson plan with goals and state standard surrounding early literacy. We all worked together, with assigned roles and there were clear expectations, goals and everyone worked together with genuine respect for one another. In the end our lesson plan received an “A” and on the last day the entire class participated in a pot luck, in which everyone brought a dish and enjoyed food, fun and great conversation! We all said our goodbyes, some classmates exchanged numbers, and social media information to stay in touch, it was a great and successful ending. “The team leader should ensure that there is time for the team to celebrate the success of the project and capture best practices for future use. (Or, if it was not a successful project - to evaluate what happened and capture lessons learned for future projects.) This also provides the team the opportunity to say good-bye to each other and wish each other luck as they pursue their next endeavour. It is likely that any group that reached Stage 4: Performing will keep in touch with each other as they have become a very close knit group and there will be sadness at separating and moving on to other projects independently”.( Abudi, G. 2010).

References

Abudi, G. (2010). The five stages of team development: A case study. Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html