To be successful in life, one has to be able to professionally communicate and collaborate with others whether you are fans of t
hem or not. Successful people are able to create a team environment where everyone establishes a fair, safe, productive, and harmonious rhythm with one another. An effective strategy to create this setting is by establishing “group norms.” These are basically rules, cultural agreements, behaviors, and actions, etc. that everyone in the group agrees to abide by at all times. a) If you were leading a team right now, what would be your top 3-4 norms that you would want to pitch to your groupmates?
b) Explain why you think each of your norms would be effective in helping to establish a harmonious, safe, fair, and productive team environment.
1. Do not discriminate - This norms is important in establishing equal respect with each other regardless of their gender, religion, or skin color.
2. Bullying, sexual harassment and threats of violence is strictly forbidden - this is important in establishing safety to everyone and maintain good behavior towards each other.
3. Be open-minded - Successful people are successful because they listened with an open-mind to another person's ideas and belief and used it to betterment their work or environment.
