The purpose of this essay is to identify the importance of communication within teams, and how this communication affects the way a team performs. This essay will provide my personal reflections within my team, discussing dynamic performance and certain difficulties that occurred along the way. I will also provide areas that I believe could be improved. These group results are based on a group work assignment discussing the importance of communication within teams for successful team performance. The group that I was working with, was made up of four people, we all were from completely different nationalities, and therefore had differences in views, abilities, education, values and experiences. Research has provided insight into how team diversity …show more content…
As some members would find certain tasks difficult when it came to their language barrier the whole team worked, together to overcome any of those issues and provide encouragement for their team members. Upon reflection, I feel like the cultural diversity of our group was a benefit, as there was goood idea flows and problem solving taking place, that provided an effective and well organised working …show more content…
In doing so, each member came to me with questions and ideas on the parts that I had provided them in assisting them with their concerns. I felt like my team members began to put their trust in me. Numerous studies shows that the result of an increase in trust leads to positive behaviours, attitudes and leads to more communication and sharing (Costa & Anderson, 2011). Based on the increase of trust my members had in me, I felt like the dynamic of the team was increasing and each member was actively communicating and providing ideas and the flow of our assignment was running