Serving as a Young Men's President in my ward, I have learned about teamwork and collaboration in a different way than most individuals do. As a leader of the Venturing crew, we went on a campout where the group was not prepared for what was to come. This included matches or anything to start a fire. The teamwork that was accomplished by the young men to solve the problem and accomplish the task to cook dinner was phenomenal. I was so impressed with the way that the boys performed and I learned more from them than they will ever learn from me. The thing that I learned from that example that I have sought to apply today is that working together even in hard times brings success. I hope that I will take the optimistic outlook that my boys took in every challenge and not be critical to one another, but instead be supportive and encouraging each day in every task.
The greatest challenges that I face in teamwork and collaboration is working with individuals who are easy to follow and not give their opinion concerning the ideas because they do not want to offend. This problem is something that I notice because of one of my shortcomings of being overly aggressive in wanting to accomplish the various tasks that are placed before me. I find that I can overcome this by being much more open to others ideas and others input. This would eliminate any worries by an individual to share information and give their ideas. This produces greater accomplishments and also enables others to feel included.
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