TO MY COLLEAGUES AND DR. SHEPHARD

 

Firstly, I would to give thanks to Dr. Shephard for working diligently with me, as I engaged in meeting the goals in the class. What I truly, admire about Dr. Shephard was, she didn’t give up on me, we stayed in constant contact, and not one time did she mention dropping me, from her class, and I thank you from the bottom of my HEART. Colleagues, I want you to no, these 8 weeks haven’t been easy for me but, I give Glory to God for allowing me to interact with each one of, you whether it was on the “Blog or Discussion Board” reading the postings, and sharing the comments.

The suggestions you gave lead to me being a better “Competent Communicator, and doing the last 8 weeks I was able to use “Collaborative Skills with a new team of doctors. Again I thank each one of, you for your prayers. I pray each one’s success as, we move towards our “Specializations. My “Specialization” is How Adults Learn, and I hope to meet you again on August 27, 2015 and if, not I wish each one the best in their endives.

If, anyone would like to stay in contact with me, the best way is by emailing me at:

Lawana.edwards@waldenu.edu

ADJOURING

The groups I’ve had the opportunity to work on were my Church, Block Club in the community, and working on a group project while taking courses in my Bachelor’s semester. I can admit out of, those 3 groups which, I was an active member the hardest one to say good –bye to was the group project I was working on with 6 colleagues and it ended up with only 2 young men and myself. The 2 young men were older than me, and treated me as though I was their sister. We would communicate on the phone every Wednesday and I would do three to put all of us on the phone.

Also, we three agreed before discussing our project that, we would begin with a short prayer which I lead and prayed before hanging up the phone with them. Although, there were times we disagreed but, came to a medium and kept on with our project. I always say, one has to disagree to agree some times. I haven’t work on any project in my Master’s Program. The only thing thus so far is doing the last 8 weeks of our Master’s course is to write an appreciation to our colleagues in the blog to state how we appreciate one another.

Adjourning is an essential part for me because; it gives me a chance to view all the accomplishments and goals I’ve made from my Bachelor’s Degree 2014 to receiving my Master’s Degree in 2016 which, I set out to do.

I would like to say although; at times it’s been sort of tense at times but, we all  hung in there to graduate, and I will be able to meet my colleagues which, I had the pleasure of, interacting with during discussions and blogging.

 

MANAGING CONFLICTS

Today I found myself having a “Disagreement” with my husband on where, I

would like to eat. As I stated to Tracie in her blog this happens to be an ongoing

situation due to he wants to take me out for breakfast, lunch and dinner due to I’ve

been in the hospital for 3 weeks, and he knows I want some real FOOD. He never

choose where to eat because if, the food tastes bad it would end up being my fault

due to I choose the restaurant. So, this allows to us disagreeing with one another

I’m beginning to think why go bother to go out to eat and his happens all the time.

I work on how to handle Conflicts and Disagreements. Below are a few tips.

Handling Conflicts one must: Listen for what is felt as well as said. ...

·        Make conflict resolution the priority rather than winning or "being right."

·        Focus on the present. ...

·        Pick your battles. ...

·        Be willing to forgive. ...

·        Know when to let something go.

·        maintain professionalism

·        We've all heard the old saying about "disagreeing without being disagreeable"

·        5: Recognize and avoid "straw man" arguments

·        Watch what you say