My “Take-Aways” Gained from the Course

My Take-Away
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My Take-Away
After learning how to get the best out of a team and deal with conflict, I felt more informed because I consider myself a leader. I understood that to be a good leader, and I have to understand the dynamics of running a group and get the best out of them in the long run. This can be done through developing principles that dictate and guide the action of my group. In addition, I have to develop and impose an identity to help create togetherness and a conducive environment that motivate contribution and participation from everyone. The most exciting part of this lesson was collaboration and its importance. It holds the group together and enables a common goal to be reached. It also evokes loyalty and commitment from the group members, which helps attain a set of goals. Based on this, I saw the importance of incorporating collaboration skills to help actualize my set goal within my group.
Developing a shared identity is also critical because if my group members still see themselves as individuals, many will seek personal glory at the group's expense. Therefore, as a leader, I need to develop an identity to work towards a common goal and participate actively. I also learned that the extent of participation of my members is significantly tied to their feeling of importance. Thus, I have to make my members feel important and included. This can be done by urging the members to share their opinions and involve them during the decision-making process. I also learned that conflict is an everyday occurrence because people are social beings. Conflict is inevitable. Depending on the intensity of a conflict, the performance of a group can be hindered. However, as a leader, I need to find ways of solving them and not eliminate the chance of conflict occurrence because they can be good to some point.
I also learned steps on how to improve employees' performance. This can be achieved through employee incentives, employee participation, job decision, and goal setting. I learned that employees tend to improve their performance when paid more; thus, financial incentives correlate with performance. Secondly, employee participation refers to the level of joint decision-making process between empl...