I liked how our class presentation
last week was framing conflict as a necessary and good part of life. I don’t
think anyone particularly likes conflict, but our presenter Ed Derr is right in
stating that we grow from conflict and that is what inspires us to change and
move forward. At least I do not think that anyone would give up a system if it
was working just fine; it is conflict that points out there is something that
could be improved and conflict that makes the system accommodate and change.
For our team, we each have a
different conflict style. Mine was tied three ways: I am the accommodating
teddy bear, the compromising fox, or the collaborating owl. In each case it
seems I range from “I lose, you win” to “I bend, you bend” or “I win, you win”
depending on the situation. Two of my suite mates are accommodating teddy bears
as well. Our third suite mate is a shark, which is “I win, you lose” attitude.
For the most part this has not been a problem at all to us.
I think our greatest strength is
that we try to accommodate for one another, but this is also our greatest
weakness because no one is tempted to step up and say “hey, this is really
bothering me”. We could improve our Summit
group if we all actually communicated with each other more and ask if we can
change something or divvy out chores if it is bothering everyone. We have been
doing this for the most part, (with the actual project we have divided when we
are getting materials and building each section of the stage and so on) but it
usually takes us a while because we are more likely to let the situation get
bad before we do anything about it. As far as the actual conflict itself goes
we could improve by discussing it more with everyone face to face and work on
assigning specific tasks with deadlines to make sure things get done.
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