Auditing Self Reflection

Running head: AUDITING SELF REFLECTION 1
Auditing Self Reflection
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AUDITING SELF REFLECTION 2
Auditing Self Reflection
In every day of our lives we interact with different people who differ from us in one way
or another but we have to learn from and accommodate them. After being given a task by my
boss which was a group work involving I and other two fellow auditors, I was able to reflect a lot
concerning group work.
To begin with I thought am perfect only to come to realize am not. As an auditor I think
about deliverables, specifications and the techniques used in auditing (Griffin & Wright, 2015).
But my group mates had a divergent opinion for my group leader thought about the project
roadmap and the overall auditing process.at the first time I worked with my group leader I found
it irritating because every time I raised my opinion he would follow-up with opinions that
seemed irrelevant. I would always tell myself. “I have given the best point for this case, what is
their problem? “but finally it I realized that “what’s their problem” was the right question I was
supposed to be asking myself (Adeyemi & Olamide, 2011). By his nature my group leader
always was going to catch the things I miss and want the things that I would never think are
relevant in the first place. From this I quickly saw the benefit in considering my opinions in the
perspective of the team leader. From the moment I was able to embrace his perspective, most of
my revision become decreased and I was able to do more in few hours and my opinions were
more appealing to the group members. Perception is one thing that can ruin one’s performance
and I realized that trying to reduce once perception can improve the productivity of an
individual.
Secondly I learnt the importance of Listening. Every teamwork starts with one opening
their eyes. Communication is of great importance for any organization. Sometimes I would ask
my team leader “so the answer is to have more meetings, right”. The fact is that I personally hate