What I Learned About Myself

I believe that the second half of the class I learned the most about myself. I learned that self disclosure is the best way to open up and get people to trust in you and for me to have trust in them. I think that when you ask people to give you feedback about yourself it is a great way to learn more about yourself that others see in you, but you have to be able to handle the good and bad feedback as well. It can be an eye opener and it was for me. The Johari Window was a great experiement also that I found very useful. I learned somethings about myself that I did not think others could pick up on. Especially the blind section. I also learned that the hidden section can be opened at any time by me and that is something I can work on letting

Showing appreciation is a good way to keep a good work/personal relationship going as well. Simple thanks you can go a long way in maintaining good work relations. I do that often at work. Work can be stressful but helping others out when needed and getting that in return is good teamwork as well. Teamwork I have learned is a collection of efforts to bring an idea together. It takes a good leader to be able to get a team motivated and working together to meet the goals of a company. This section was most helpful to me since I am normally one to want to work alone. But, again I would also like to be the leader in a team effort and I think

I do like teaching people when I have had the chance and I think that as long as I follow through with commitments, provide leadership as the team requires and not micromanage them and always be available it will work out good. Also it is important to give praise when seeing people do a good job. Having an open door policy for them to be able to talk with the leader, supervisor or management is very important to the employees. Being out on the floor can make a big difference in how the employees feel about working in a company so that is something I will keep in mind if I ever have my own business someday. Most helpful was the section about conflict experiences when it comes to dealing with difficult people. I learned how to identify the signs of conflict starting and how to prevent it before it got really bad. Learning about different kinds of conflict and being able to deal with that will help to seperate the problem from the person. Knowing it is not the person who is the trouble it may just be the problem. I know I have a few things to work on within myself but this class has helped me figure those out and how to go about handling them. The stress