For our teambuilding experience, we climbed 30+ feet into the air on a high ropes course with nothing but two ropes and some thin metal wire supporting us.
Here is a photo of my team on the final obstacle. Yes, we're the ones struggling at the back. We only fell twice...
On this obstacle, we had to get our nine team members to the final platform using only two metal wires and each others' weight to do so. One person was blindfolded.
Reflecting on the Directionality, Communication Style, and Lapdog Retreat, I ask these questions to myself:
- How do I apply leadership?
- How can I apply what I have learned?
- What makes it difficult to trust myself and others?
- Which role is easier- trusting or being trusted?
- How can I improve my skills in giving and receiving feedback?
- What was specifically fun about the Lapdog retreat?
Now, I pose these answers.
- I tend to "take the reins" and share/implement my ideas after critically observing a situation in order to reach the solution.
- Before I can apply what I learned, I have to know what I learned first. At the retreat, I learned that teamwork is vital to completing a large task, and communication must be utilized to make the team work best together.
- Therefore, I can apply what I've learned by using effective communication methods to lead a team to complete a large task of any sort.
- Trusting myself and others is difficult because I'm not always in a confident mindset, and I may not know others well enough to trust them with anything (or my "life" on a ropes course, for that matter).
- I believe that being trusted is easier because I observe everyone's situation before jumping to a conclusion or leading a team to their goal. Because of my approach, I know that my method will get each person or group to a goal safely.
- As far as feedback goes, I can be much more patient when giving it (a situation where Meganne was very un-confident on the first obstacle is an example). When I receive it, I can also critically observe that method of reaching the solution.
- The most fun part of Lapdog was jumping across the blocks on the first obstacle. I felt like I was playing life-size Mario!
The Mario Blocks
Our awesome team! (I'm the second on the left.)
