Reflective Essay on Leadership and Teamwork

Reflective Essay
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I was very excited when I found out that we were going on a trip to gain some personal experience in
leadership, team working, effective social interaction, communication skills, and personal attributes.Our trip
was started with a big group of 22 MBA students. The teams were randomly divided, and the groups were
made into small groups. We were 6 students in our group and the trip was for 3 days. There were overall 10
tasks involved in the whole trip. On Day 1, we had 5 tasks, Task 1 had no name, and other tasks were maze
task, sheep and shepherd task, solving the puzzle task and the obstacles task. Day 2 had two tasks, the task of
buying and selling of materials and a business activity. A business activity was also considered and it four
many tasks; rope task, tunnel task, canoe task and pamper bamboo task. This trip was a great experience for
me as well as for my other group members.
On Day 1, the activity 1 was started with 6 students those who have We completed the task about 70 to 80%
with the lot of team work. I played best role as good teamwork
Instructor: All of you have to travel from one side to another side with the help of boxes without touching
the ground.
Me: Can we start from any side?
Instructor: Yes,
Another Group Member: Ok. I have 1 question. If we touch the ground?
Instructor: Touching the ground is nor allowed. You will disqualified from the task.
For Task 1, I felt that we took more time to understand the task and so we had very less time to complete the
task. I had gained knowledge that teamwork is the joint effort of a team for completing the task most
efficiently. I worked together on this task with the other group members and enhanced the interests of the
team for more ideas and provided information to the team members (Vohra, Rathi and Bhatnagar, 2015).
My team members also agreed with me on the common motive to provide transparency within the group
team to make it a successful task. As a team worker, I had attained 5 in relationship management (Gai et al.,
2018).

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The activity 2 was a maze task. I gave the guidance to the team to complete the task successfully. We
performed this task well.
Me: There will be number of boxes and which we have to step in the right box. When we made the wrong
step we have to come back to the starting point.
Other Group Members: Ok.
Me: Another important to remember. If wrong step is made when coming back he or she will be eliminated
for 5 minutes from the group.
Other Group Members: Ok.
Me: We all need to concentrate on the task. Remembering of right box is extremely important for task.
Other Group Members: Ok.
Me: The instruction are cleared to all of you?
Other Group Members: Yes
Me: Then we must start the task now.
Other Group Members. Yes
I felt Task 2 was carried on well as we all were concentrated to complete the task. I had achieved 6 in
leadership which helped me in concluding that I have moderate leadership skills. I had learned that only a
successful leader can direct his group members in the correct track. I noticed that my group was following
my direction for the task so I realized that my leadership skills during teamwork was extremely significant
for my group. I not only participated in the task with my team but made sure that also encouraged and helped
my team my team to get success and complete the task (Fan et al., 2015). I was there as a resource to help
my team members to complete this task. ENTJs are confident and powerful leaders with a natural insight
which helps them for their business.
The activity 3 was a sheep and shepherd task, I was the only person who was not able to reach the right place
on the given time (Heimer, 2016). The instructor was one of our group member with the whistle. Remaining
members in the group were considered as sheep. For Task 3, I felt that I took too much time to listen and

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understand the instructions of the instructor. For Task 3, I feel I have to improve my listening skills (Ahuja
et al., 2018).
Instructor: All your eyes will be closed during the task. I will help all the team members to move to the right
place.
Other Group Members. Ok
Me to Instructor: Can you please repeat the instructions? I cannot hear you due to some noises.
Instructor: Yes surely. All your eyes will be closed during the task. I will help all the team members to move
to the right place.
Me: Ok. Now I am clear about the task.
Before starting the task:-
Me: I have some idea regarding the task. I want to share it with all of you.
Other Group Members: No. We had too much time to listen to your ideas. We are already late.
Me: But, it will take few minutes.
Other members: We are already late. Let us start the task.
Me: Ok.
The execution of task 4 provided me immense learning regarding the solving of various issues.
Instructor: The task is to solve the puzzle where all of you have to solve the puzzle with the wooden planks
and construct the bridge.
Group Members: Ok.
Instructor: 6 people will be divided into two groups with 3 members in each group.
Group Members: Ok.
In Task 4, as soon as the construction of bridge started, in the middle of it, the lot of confusion aroused and
all the team members. Then, I used my leadership skills to resolve the issues and confusion with the help of
transformational leadership theory. I have 9% preference of intuition over sensing and 34% preference for
judging over perceiving (Graber et al., 2017). For Task 4, I felt that the group members were involved in