Tattoo Jungle: Group Analysis

Our group observed and analyzed Tattoo Jungle. Afterwards, we reflected on our leadership style, strengths, and weaknesses as a group. Using this information to find success in future group interactions, our group collaborated on different areas for improvement. Leadership is defined as an “influential relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes,” (Alberts, Nakayama, Martin, 2016.) The qualities we desired from our leaders was effective listening, building trust, and being approachable and engaging. The leader for our group was successful in performing her expected duties such as, reminding the group of meeting dates and times. For example, our group leader sent text messages

For example, when we visited Tattoo Jungle, each member had individual goals that they previously set. These goals were achieved by taking pictures of the shop, making observations about the environment, and talking to employees about communication within the shop. True consensus building was reached by compromise with the focus of building trust. For example, to strengthen the overall idea, group members combined their opinions and used them to determine the values of artifacts. We validated other group member’s claims and used them to build new and productive ideas. When unproductive ideas were taking root, we as a group decided the relevancy of the idea and its contribution to the project. If the group proved unable to find legitimate values in the idea, we came to the consensus not to include the ideas in our presentation.
Negative behaviors were avoided by inclusion of members, and creation of an open environment for discussion. For example, group members were frequently asked, “what do you think about that?”. This question along with other open ended questions, were one of the many ways we encouraged good behavior through

For example, during discussion group members would often respond with “that’s a great point”, if the idea contributed to the overall productiveness of the group. In discussion, we also responded with “that’s an interesting point”, or “can you expand on that”, if the point was to vague or off topic. Group members also showed a willingness to work together, by coming to meetings prepared and productive. Each group member used their skill set to chose what roles, or tasks they could perform that would most benefit the group. Members also took initiative to set up interviews, schedule meetings, all while keeping in mind their designated tasks. Our decision making process, involved writing down each person’s schedules to determine the best meetings times. We established individual goals to keep the focus on productivity and we talked about every artifact, value and assumption as a group, to decide the best possible