Module 5 is due Monday. Many of you are out of school - do not worry about your work right now. Focus on staying safe. I will work with you now as the storm makes landfall as well as in the upcoming weeks as we recover from any damage. I lived in Rocky Mount during Hurrican Floyd - 25% of the city was under water and power was out for 3 weeks. I understand:)
Important Due Dates:
- Module 5 Leading through Relationships Due September 17
- Progress Report September 10
- Module 6 Communication in Leadership Due September 24
- Module 7 Effective Decision-Making in Leadership Due October 1
- Progress Report October 4
- Module 8 Leadership at Home and Abroad Due October 8
Got Hurricane Anxiety?
I DO!!! I was a married adult during Floyd and a college student during Fran. What is it with these storms that start with "F"?!? During both storms, I lived in areas directly impacted. Preparing for Hurricane Florence brought back a lot of memories as well as anxiety. Here are a few tips that I use to handle the worry:
- Remember to drink and to eat. Choose healthy if possible...during Floyd I had the unhealthy diet of pop tarts and warm Mountain Dew which had enough sugar and carbs to raise instead of lower my anxiety. If you have to drink/eat something unhealthy, follow it up with a bottle of water to help wash away the things your body does not need.
- Exercise. If you are not someone who exercises regularly, just walking around is fine. If you cannot walk, move your arms and legs where you are seated. Get the blood flowing and the positive chemicals will start to flow through your body.
- Practice spiritual thinking/praying/meditating. Whether you are religious or not, thinking positive thoughts about yourself and the world around you will help calm your nerves.
- Talk about your feelings. It is okay to say your fears out loud.
- Release tension from your body. If a part of your body feels tight (ex. neck, back, shoulders), tense that area for at least 5 seconds, then relax it. I do this often when I drive long distances - without taking my hands off the wheel, I extend my fingers out to release the tension from gripping the steering wheel. It works!
- Take a deep breath. Before a big test, I would have my students close their eyes, breath in through their noses for a count of 10, and then breath out through their mouths for a count of 10. Slowing your breathing ensures that your body gets the oxygen you need and gives you a chance to stop thinking about what is causing the anxiety. This works if you cannot close your eyes as well!
- Ground yourself. If your anxiety is particularly difficult to ease, try talking yourself back to reality. Look around the room and tell yourself about everything you see, hear, and smell. For example, "I see...I hear...I smell." You can also touch something that relaxes you (my boys still soothe themselves by rubbing something soft between their fingers...they had "silkie" balnkets when they were little).
- Imagine a safe place. Think about your favorite place to be...for me it is a mountain lake. Close your eyes and imagine you are in your favorite place. Talk to yourself about how it feels, looks, smells, sounds like, etc.
- Ask for help. If you cannot get your anxiety under control, it is okay to ask someone you love or care about for help.
Got Resources? NCPVS provides lots of resources outside of our course to support you. For virtual help from a peer, go to the Peer Tutoring Center. For technology issues, issue a help desk ticket with the Virtual Support Center. To learn more about the world around you, attend a Culture Cafe session. Click on the visual below to explore all of the resources NCVPS provides to you:
Today's Assignment:
- Module 5 Lesson 2 Assignment
Module 5 Lesson 2 Assignment - Create a Team-Building Activity
For Module 2 Lesson 2 Assignment, you will read about a dysfunctional group and then create a team-building activity to help that group become more functional. Use what you learned about different relationships to identify the group members' types and then design an activity to meet as many of their needs as possible. You are creating a team-building activity to help the group deal with its communication problems. First read about the team (Cindy, Andy, etc). For relationship types, consider the ones from the lesson - naysayer, etc. For leadership strategies, use what you have learned in Module 5 like initiate the investment and/or ones you have learned from past modules like democratic, laissez-faire, etc. Then explain your activity (even though this is the last part of the template, it is easier to explain it first so you can be sure you are doing an activity and not just asking the group to sit down and talk). For team-building activity ideas, just google "team-building activity for communication." Then write at least 3 SMART or CLEAR goals that address what the group will get out of the activity. Now go back and fill in your rules (these are things like what members can and cannot do during activity ex. device use) and your guidelines (the steps members should follow to complete the activity). Fill in the other parts of the template and submit:) I cannot wait to read your solution for leading difficult relationships! Check out http://www.ventureteambuilding.co.uk/team-building-activities-for-teens/ for ideas. If you use outside resources, be sure to cite them correctly. If you do not use outside resources, say so.
For Module 2 Lesson 2 Assignment, you will read about a dysfunctional group and then create a team-building activity to help that group become more functional. Use what you learned about different relationships to identify the group members' types and then design an activity to meet as many of their needs as possible. You are creating a team-building activity to help the group deal with its communication problems. First read about the team (Cindy, Andy, etc). For relationship types, consider the ones from the lesson - naysayer, etc. For leadership strategies, use what you have learned in Module 5 like initiate the investment and/or ones you have learned from past modules like democratic, laissez-faire, etc. Then explain your activity (even though this is the last part of the template, it is easier to explain it first so you can be sure you are doing an activity and not just asking the group to sit down and talk). For team-building activity ideas, just google "team-building activity for communication." Then write at least 3 SMART or CLEAR goals that address what the group will get out of the activity. Now go back and fill in your rules (these are things like what members can and cannot do during activity ex. device use) and your guidelines (the steps members should follow to complete the activity). Fill in the other parts of the template and submit:) I cannot wait to read your solution for leading difficult relationships! Check out http://www.ventureteambuilding.co.uk/team-building-activities-for-teens/ for ideas. If you use outside resources, be sure to cite them correctly. If you do not use outside resources, say so.
Need More Information?
Lesson 2's purpose is to help you lead through difficult relationships. You have been introduced to several types of relationships -- taker, investor, lifter, etc. These relationships are the same in all areas of your life, however, they are sometimes called by different names. Click on this article to learn about the seven dwarfs of relationships as well as some of their motivations for their behaviors. The more you understand about types of relationships, the better you will be able to lead and coach the members of any group:
Works Cited
fpx032110-06. (2018). Flickr. Retrieved 13 September 2018, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/7888217@N04/4450840227/
How to Deal with Difficult or Challenging Team Members - The Success Institute Australia. (2018). The Success Institute Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2018, from http://thesuccessinstitute.com.au/eseminars-update-your-skills-quickly-online/deal-difficult-challenging-team-members/
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