In my first two days of classes this semester, almost every one has at least one assignment in which it must be completed in a group of four or five students. This is completely different than what I'm used to in classes like chemistry and physics where you normally work by yourself. Group work is almost frowned upon as cheating.
When you think about it though, many times out in the business world, you are handed a problem with almost no background information. And, you are instructed to work in a team. At this point you have two options:
1. Take control and do all of the work yourself and most likely not sleep for numerous nights on end, cause yourself exorbitant amounts of stress, and possibly miss the deadline.
OR
2. Work with your team and delegate responsibility so that each person works hard, but does not work themselves to death.
Working in a team also helps you to sort out answers to problems that you may not have thought of before. Thus making the team look even better to the authority figure.
I have heard it many times before from very successful people, "Leaders do not necessarily do all the work themselves, or are the smartest people. They surround themselves with smart individuals so as to help each other out."
No comments:
Post a Comment