Week 6 Blog: Adjourning Stage

I would have to say that transferring my job from Minnesota was one of the hardest things I had ever done. I had built close relationships with the women there. I felt as though I was leaving my family. We worked as a team at all times, and supported each other when needed. This has been one of the first of many jobs I had that I can say that each teacher was very supportive of one another. I can truly say that it was not just one person who ran the center, but all the teachers as a whole.  My support system also can from my church family as well. I was an active member for ten years with the children ministries and the woman of faith ministries. The Women of Faith ministries were the support system to many women in the church that had been in abusive relationships, or single parents raising their children. My relationship with many of these women was very close, and being a part of the church family for ten years was quite difficult to leave. These were projects that came to an end, but I learned many valuable things from these groups that will stay with me throughout my educational journey, career, and friendships. And knowing that I was a part of something good that impacted women lives in a positive way is always something to remember. When you know that you have worked on a project as a group/team and it has effect the lives of children, families, women or etc., then know that you have made a difference; therefore, I see adjourning as positive aspect.

    

I do believe high performance groups are the hardest to leave; reason being, when you work on a team with people who are productive, professional, considerate, understanding, respectful and the list goes on, you have no choice but to feel a sense of hurt when you depart from these individuals. You have gained not just a group/team, but a partnership sort of speak, and a friendship; which has effective your life in a positive way. And who wants to depart from positive people? People you feel that you can relate too and have so many things in common. At the end of the day, you have built trust in these people and vasa-versa.  Trusting relationships/friendships is something no one ever wants to come to an end. The good thing with adjourning; is that you take what you have learned and use that with your next team/group in hopes of building the same form of relationships in the future.

I have learned so much from Instructors, and my colleagues since being a student at Walden and being the Master’s program. My colleagues has allowed me to think outside the box, and my Instructors have been that support system in saying, “You can do it, if you work hard and dedicate yourself.” Being in the Master’s program, you open your mind to a whole new level of understanding; which puts you in a place where you want to excel and achieve your highest and my colleagues has challenged my thinking in doing so.

Adjourning is an essential stage in team work because you grow, and learn from each group/team you work with, and these skills stay with you for a lifetime. Even though you may experience some form of unproductivity when working with some groups/teams members, but this allows you to make better choices and decisions next time around. I truly believe in order for a person to grow, you have to experience things that will make you a better team/group player in the future. Whether you endured good or bad experiences while on a team/group; it is still fair to say that “All good things must come to an end,” because you will take something out of that and use it to an advantage the next time around.