Reflection on meeting 1

It was the first time I had a meeting which was being video recorded. Hence I was a bit conscious of it in the beginning but later I became at ease and was fully concentrating in the meeting. Our time span was limited since we had to complete the meeting within 1 hour. Firstly, we had to find a serene place to discuss about our project and we found one. We organized ourselves to start the discussion.

We had already written down the agenda for the meeting and we followed the agenda closely during the meeting. Our team leader listed out the points and we discussed each point. During the meeting we put into practice the various skills we had learnt earlier. Each of us were able to communicate what we wanted to convey clearly to others and we were polite in our approach and hence there were no hiccups. Thus we were able to cover all the points needed and also complete our discussion on time. I feel I was clear and confident in conveying my points but I feel I should improve on my body language.



There were a few shortcomings. Our voice was not very clear at all times and hence we were not audible in certain parts of the video. Thus we realized that we need to speak louder in the forthcoming meetings. Personally I feel that I should have been better prepared for the meeting as there were times when we were not very sure if what we were doing is correct. Hence I hope to do better in the upcoming meetings.

RESOLIVING INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT

Conflict is a part of life and it is inevitable. Conflict begins in one’s self like what to study, what food to eat and which movie to go. When so be the case for self, it is necessary to face the conflict and find the solution.The success lies in resolving the conflict by proper understanding, healthy discussion and a win-win approach keeping in mind the end objective.

It once happened that me and my very close friend had some sought of a cold war between us for some silly reason and our views in few educational areas were different. At that time ,we had to do a project in our school. I was under the assumption that I would group up with my close friend, and hence was not bothered searching for a team mate. But my friend ,due to the misunderstanding between us decided not to do the project with me without letting me know about it and had also found another team mate. When I got to know about this ,it was too late to find a good team mate as most of the class had already formed groups. I really got mad on my friend and also showed my anger on her directly saying that it was not wrong on her part to do the project with someone else but she should have informed me about her decision so even I could have found another group mate and would not have been in a fix. I also stopped talking to her to make her realize that I was still disappointed with her act. After a few days, my friend realized her mistake and apologized to me for her mistake.

Thus I sum up that conflicts are inevitable and cannot be avoided but needs to be successfully tackled .In order to resolve a conflict ,firstly we should understand the core issues giving rise to conflict , give a patient hearing .We should not allow emotions to overrule but communicate our view point effectively .we must accept our mistake gracefully if we are wrong otherwise tell that we agree to disagree on the point politely .
Do you agree with my view that conflicts are not avoidable but resolvable in most cases?