The Vertically Raised Arm

Now people, I will honestly admit that I do not like working in groups very much; oftentimes it does not end well. I seem to have a history of being teamed up with people who either don’t do their work, don’t know what they are doing or frankly don’t even care, if I’m unlucky all of my team-mates would have a combination of the three, there will of course now and again be that one exception, but never without one of the former.

For my video production, I felt that I was unlucky enough to be paired with a couple of the same people I had work-related issues with last term, the fact that no one else had chosen them is a pretty clear judgement on how incompetent they were deemed to be. Considering, like I had pointed out earlier, I have a history of dealing with these kinds of team-members it is very surprising that I still have so much difficulty managing the group sometimes.

I have often attempted to be a delegator, but I feel as though I may lack the confidence to really go for it and delegate work properly. Being a firm leader was never my strong point but I would like to believe that my leading skills have improved this term, if not leading then dictatorship- to me there is a difference, usually distinguished in the tone of voice or how many prisoners I torture. Jokes aside, I do feel that my unadulterated frustration with grouping with team-members like these have made me perhaps a little bossier over the years and I am afraid barking orders might not be the best path to take, so I feel I should find another method of delegating, one that will not only assure that team-members get work done, but also make sure that they are not stressed out. Of course, according to my team-members I don’t really give that impression, so it might just all be in my mind.