Group Dynamics and & Team Building
During this seminar, we learned how to recognize teams and the various stages that they go through. These stages include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. We also created group mission statementsand identified the different leadership roles. We were challenged to create the largest tower made with balloons and tape. Afterwards, we watched clips from various movies and identified leadership styles within the clip.
The second meeting of this seminar took group dynamics to a whole new level. The groups were taken outside and given the task of working together to get the whole group across a "stream of burning lava". The only available supplies were two large pieces of wood. To make it even harder, certain team members were "handicapped". Those who had done the activity before were not allowed to speak, and if anyone touched the "lava" they were blindfolded or their hands tied together. The key was for the group members to brainstorm the best technique of crossing, and then plan out how to execute it.