Revise post: Week 5

Back when I was studying in Singapore Polytechnic, I had to work in many different groups with individuals from diverse background. It did not take me long to understand that everyone has their unique way when approaching a same project outcome.

During my first project group, the group leader assigned by to the team was very eager into "jumping" into the project, however, there was some in the team that did not share the same eagerness. The leader first begun by sharing his idea on the project to the team and as he was going on about his idea, one of the group members is distracted and another was looking to cut him off. After he was done sharing, he passed it on to the other members to share their thoughts on the project. The leader was quick into responding and assuring the group members that his idea will work and we should attempt his method. 

looking back at the situation and evaluating it. It seems like my group leader was an action-oriented listener. He was very focused on the project and task and it might have been because he had experienced working in projects back when he was studying in ITE. Although I had not agreed with him back then pushing his idea onto us, the project was a success, and it was because he was focus on getting the project objective met. Likewise, for the rest of my teammates, I think they are more of a people-oriented listener because majority of us came from secondary school and did not have a lot of project-based work, so they were more focus on how the leader was processing the information’s and learning from it.

Through the experience I learn that I was more of a content-orientated listener, I was more focus on the leader’s idea to see its accurate and if it made sense. And also everyone has their own style of listening and if I am able to identify them, working together will be easier and things will go more smoothly.