Week 5 Assignment

When I was in the second grade at the high school, through making performance which was a kind of present for the graduating students, I noticed the importance of sending a strong message to every member of our team as a leader and working with appropriate status differences in order to make the best performances smoothly and effectively. That time was the last chance to make performance with friends in the same grade, I could use techniques well with other leaders to the whole team. That became one of the reasons that our performance was succeeded.

Firstly, the other leaders and I tried to send the message that the performance was made by ALL members in our grade and we needed everyone’s cooperation and attention to the performance. By the message, they noticed that their roles were important and the group leaders took responsibilities for the performance, as a stage setting group, a stage lightning group and so on. That stimulated the members, which strengthened teamwork.

Secondly, we tried to keep appropriate status differences in order to work everyone smoothly. In chapter 6, minimization of status differences was mentioned. As the chapter said, it is important for the team that leaders to do the same thing with other members and not to domineer with their authority. In reality, however, there was time that we needed to force team members to work harder using authority, especially when preparation of the performance delayed. Thus, we paid more attention to balancing the status differences rather than just minimizing it.

By using techniques which are related to contents of chapter 5 and 6, I was able to lead the performance effectively and to enjoy preparation for the performance.