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Group / Team Communication
Analysis of a group I am familiar with An environmental group that I occasionally meet with and interact with as a volunteer has a great track record in rescuing and rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife. They had a strong leader for several years but apparently he got burned out and chose to step down. The present leader, unfortunately, has a milquetoast personality and although she is a very hard worker and a dedicated team member, her leadership abilities are seriously lacking.
Communication, diversity, power structure, decision-making and progress. The group is mostly women (two Latinas are the only minority persons involved), and they have more meetings than they need to. Last week they had a board meeting (7 board members) in which they discussed future fundraising activities. The time wasted in this meeting was terrible, because each board member should have polled volunteers that work in the center for their ideas, and should have come to the meeting with a long list of possible ideas. Instead, the communication was not useful, because the board was just throwing out ideas and arguing about...
The board should have delegated a committee to come up with fundraising ideas, and among the committee members several volunteers who work in the center should have been included.
The group could take a lesson from a Microsoft Business article; "Set clear goals" is a powerful idea, and this board has not done that. Working collaboratively, "everyone must have a clear idea of the end goal for the project," the article author Sarah Parish emphasizes. With those clear goals, efficiency will be "boosted" and the likelihood that a solution can be achieved is greatly increased.
Changing the leadership style of the group: One good idea from the Microsoft article is that this group could "rotate roles"; that is, each board member would have a chance to serve as president. "This helps to keep things fresh and ensures team members approach each individual project from a different standpoint" (Parish). Mike Myatt writes in Forbes that groups need to "get specific…learn to communicate with clarity" because "simple and concise…
Works Cited
Microsoft Business. (2013). How to work together effectively as a team. Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://www.microsoft.com.
Myatt, M. (2012). 10 Communication Secrets of Great Leaders. Forbes. Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com.
Richards, L. (2013). Importance of Team Communication Skills. Houston Chronicle.
Retrieved September 19, 2014, from http://smallbusiness.chron.com.
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