Take and I had a difficult time coming to a win-win conclusion for the bike situation. We thought that if person B bought the bike and person A's daughter borrowed the bike just for the race, it would be unfair to the B's daughter because she would not be able to get a brand new bike... This situation was less clear than the other two we did before, and I did not really find the perfect win-win solution for this case.
After getting into groups and sharing what we thought about leaders and how they should act, we discussed how it is important for the leader to give others a chance to speak what they are thinking and how they feel about the leader. Back in high school, the cheer team that I was on used to hold meetings once in a while and just plain talk about how we thought practices were going and what they thought should be changed. Usually, the captain makes all of the decisions and what to do during practice and how things go, but during this meeting everyone gets the chance to talk freely. After these certain meetings, the atmosphere during practices change so drastically and all of the stunts usually go well. Being honest with everyone in the group is important in order to have a positive vibe and having/being a good leader.
Joki, being the only person in our group who really experienced being a leader, shared with us the strong responsibility that he felt back when he was the bucho of the guys dance team. It was interesting being able to know what it was actually like for him back in high school (when I used to just think that he was being sort of snobby and only thinking that he was so cool ;)... haha). However, I found out that he felt extreme pressure and responsibility even at times that he did not need to. This made me think about all of the leaders in my life that have supported me, and it proved to me how each and every one of them were such strong and caring people.
After getting into groups and sharing what we thought about leaders and how they should act, we discussed how it is important for the leader to give others a chance to speak what they are thinking and how they feel about the leader. Back in high school, the cheer team that I was on used to hold meetings once in a while and just plain talk about how we thought practices were going and what they thought should be changed. Usually, the captain makes all of the decisions and what to do during practice and how things go, but during this meeting everyone gets the chance to talk freely. After these certain meetings, the atmosphere during practices change so drastically and all of the stunts usually go well. Being honest with everyone in the group is important in order to have a positive vibe and having/being a good leader.
Joki, being the only person in our group who really experienced being a leader, shared with us the strong responsibility that he felt back when he was the bucho of the guys dance team. It was interesting being able to know what it was actually like for him back in high school (when I used to just think that he was being sort of snobby and only thinking that he was so cool ;)... haha). However, I found out that he felt extreme pressure and responsibility even at times that he did not need to. This made me think about all of the leaders in my life that have supported me, and it proved to me how each and every one of them were such strong and caring people.
Hi Megumi :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that honesty is an important issue. Not being able to trust each other in a group can be fatal right? Like what you guys did in your cheer team, everyone should be allowed to express their own opinions and share ideas. It is the job of the leader to make sure that everyone's voice is heard, not to make all the decisions by themselves.
I'm not sure there was a perfect win-win with the bicycle role play, so don't worry if you don't think you found one. It is more like real life where negotiations are messy and real win-wins are elusive.
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