Analysis of Team Charter
Learning teams can be very beneficial in both the educational and professional environments. Once learning teams are assigned, it is important that the team members take the time to learn about each other personally and professionally. Along with the bios that are presented at the beginning of class, the self-assessments on personality, trust, and listening provide a great deal of important information about each person and what they can contribute to the team. After getting to know each other a little better, the team creates a charter which will establish strengths and weaknesses of each member, goals of the team, and ground rules that the team will follow. The team charter helps the learning team successfully and efficiently complete assignments with minimal conflicts.
In the process of constructing the team charter, self-assessments on personality, trust, and listening skills had to be completed by each team member. After receiving everyone’s results on these assessments, I realized that there was a distinct of variation among the members in all three areas. The Jungian Personality Assessment used a series of questions to determine our personality profile. My profile was ESFJ indicating that I am gracious, eager to please and have good interpersonal skills (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007). Michael’s profile was ISFJ indicating that he is loyal, amiable and willing to make sacrifices for the greater good (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007). Shawn’s profile was INFJ indicating that he is reflective, creative, and contemplative (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007). Jorge’s profile was ENTJ indicating him to be outgoing, visionary, argumentative, and a natural leader (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007). The “Do I Trust Others” assessment used another series of questions to determine how much faith or trust we each have in people. In our group, the scores ranged from 2-4 on the trust scale. Jorge was the most trusting, Michael and Shawn were in the middle,...