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My experience with working with a group is that the longer you work together, it feels like the people I work with becomes a family. Sometimes we argue; sometimes we pick each other up when things are tough, but we also work together when things need to be accomplished. Getting a new job is always an adventure; normally, I walk through the door on the first day with fresh eyes and a fresh mind. That is exactly how I entered my first day at CVS Pharmacy (later to be known as CVS Health). Because this was my first retail job, it already seemed better than my experiences with the food and beverage industry. For about four years, I had been in and out of the restaurant business and believed that there had to be something a little more relaxed. …show more content…
He was talkative, polite, and had previous experience at Walgreens. I overheard one of the supervisors talking about him. She assumed that Jared was gay because of the way he walked and talked. She then went on to say how well he will probably be with the ladies helping them find certain items because he probably uses women items. Although she chuckled, her remark made me feel offended for him. Her perception of gay men was that they used women’s health and beauty items. During the four months Jared was there, I think he started to catch on that he was being labeled, which is why I later learned he started coming in late or was not showing up. He explained to me that he was not feeling comfortable with the way he was being treated by management; that he did not care, and was looking for another job. I never spoke to him after that, but one day when I came in for my shift, he was crossed off completely on the schedule. Ellie explained that he was terminated for job abandonment. Seeing Ellie behave the way she did throughout his employment, which was noticeably discriminatory of sexual orientation, caused some of us to lose trust and respect for our …show more content…
When management started hiring more people, they told us that the new hires would be more versatile working morning and night shifts. One of the supervisors, Ashley, was conducting some of the interviews since the manager was not there. One day, an interviewee came in looking for Ashley. Ashley took her to the office for the interview, but I could hear them laughing and mumbling. My supervisor and the interviewee came out smiling, they shook hands and the interviewee left. Ashley came up to me later, said how much she liked Charlie, the young woman she interviewed. Ashley explained that they had so much in common. They both had a child who was three, they both went to the same local community college, both lived in the outskirts of the area, and they went to the same high school but never knew each other. Already I felt a certain way toward the situation because of all the praise I heard. It seemed that Ashley was hiring her because of all the similarities they had. I could not do anything so I just waited for the situation to pan out, hoping for the best. However, about a month later the schedule came out. Ashley had made the schedule, and I noticed that Charlie and Ashley were working all mornings together. When I confronted Ashley about the schedule, she shrugged it off and said, “She can only work mornings and, on occasion, nights.” Not only that,
Another strategy that CVS has adopted during 2008-2010 is to move freestanding locations for all their pharmacy stores. This helps the company to provide more convenience to customers and have more square-footage per store in order to add new services such as Minute-Clinic and drive-thru services. Reduce-Cost Strategy: Starting since 2009, CVS has adopted an aggressive approach towards lowering pharmacy drug costs by providing generic made drugs which provide higher margins and with the help of its IT department they are planning to provide these services quickly and efficiently.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Group facilitation is an art of surfacing and stimulating a constructive dialogue within a group of people and providing guidance towards the group’s purpose and goal (Fierro, 2016). My group’s facilitation process took place on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. The topic of the article we discussed was “Cognitive-behavioural and other psychological techniques in the dietetic consultation: Suggestions for practice”. This article focuses on the use of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) by dieticians in helping obese clients achieve their weight loss, physical activity and diet goals. There were 11 participants in attendance, seated in a circular formation.
One that is working with a group should know what area he or she should focus on and the purpose of the group. A group that gives support to adults who are perpetrators of domestic violence would be considered a psychoeducational group. A psychoeducational group creates the opportunity for group members to learn skills that can aid in their own personal growth (Corey, Corey, & Corey, 2014). The goal of the psychoeducational group is to help the group members gain awareness of the issues that come along with domestic violence (Corey et al., 2014). Normally psychoeducational group sessions are about two hours long every week and may last for about four to fifteen weeks (Corey
Social Workers must be knowledgeable on how to facilitate and lead group sessions with clients. They must be cognizant on their responsibilities as a facilitator, and diligently work to meet the needs of all group members collectively and individually. According to Toseland, Ronald, & Rivas, Robert (2009) group work practice focuses on Social Work practice with a broad range of treatment and task groups and the group’s environment (pg. 2.). It is significant for Social Workers to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to be able to properly assess and assist in group atmospheres. At my field placement which is at the Covenant House, a homeless shelter in Detroit that services youth from ages 18-24. I am responsible for co-facilitating along with the agency’s Social Worker, a
After a literature review of several EBP interventions, and psycho-educational peer reviewed articles, addressing homelessness in women, it was found that self-esteem, self-efficacy, anger management, resiliency, communications skills, and anger management skills are a major component of healing for this population. Berzoff (2013) indicates that homeless women often feel “demeaned or bewildered,” and as a result their sense of self is habitually fragmented or diminished. For reasons such as this, many psycho-educational groups were found to include activities designed to increase awareness and skills in these areas. As a result this group will have several sessions dedicated to promoting growth in all of these areas.
The main strength of this group approach will be community integration. In addition, being affirmed and poured into by one’s peers may directly lead to increased self-esteem and belief in oneself. The biggest limitation that this group will face is overcoming their environments. Vulnerability and sharing are things that may not feel safe for this population. In addition, previous isolation may be a behavior that is difficult to terminate.
On the 25th of December 2014, in Taupo, I had volunteered to work at a homeless shelter. While I was there I had got told the procedures on what I was going to do on the job. My duties while working there was, cleaning, cooking, and serving. The idea of the homeless shelter is to meet, feed, and welcome other people that are less fortunate than us on Christmas.
Throughout the course of a Master’s counseling program, moments of doubt, and a lack of working knowledge are bound to play a major role in the confidence a future counselor will posses in effectively implementing interventions early on in the instructional phase of his or her career. Corey (2010) states that an effective group leader, is able to become aware of their own vulnerabilities, and take responsibility in their responses. To become aware of a possible vulnerable area, a counselor must first take a concise look into their personal strengths and weakness, and then decide to actively seek out assistance with working on vulnerabilities. In exploring the roles of an effective group leader, I have realized that within the group process, I most fear the roles of a group leader that pertain to direct confrontation of a client, I also fear that the improper implementation of a intervention could lead to potential harm of the client. Attending to these fears I hold regarding group member confrontation, and intervention implementation is the key to gaining further understanding into how I can become comfortable with these essential functions of a group leader. The current paper will take a closer look into my vulnerabilities, using current research to gain insight into how I can overcome fears, when facilitating a task, psycho-educational, counseling, and psychotherapy group.
Working towards proper communication all throughout a group can be very difficult. It takes a leader strength, confidence, and so many more important traits to maintain a successful group. Though the leader is the one who takes most responsibility, everyone in the group must put in the effort to have proper communication with one another. There are multiple factors that can inhibit successful group communication and prevent them from achieving an Egalitarian type of communication amongst the group members, which can drastically affect the outcome of what the group is trying to achieve. It is important for a group to facilitate healthy and egalitarian communication to ensure that they will be successful and achieve their final goals.
However, when I started I immediately got moved from my position of choice, the grill, to the back in order to prepare produce. On my first day I stayed from 5 to almost 1 o’ clock preparing the perfect salads for my strict manager, I wasn’t feeling the Whata-love. Thinking about how I was going to have to spend the next two years precisely cutting produce until late at night, I quickly lost my enthusiasm. To add to my un-enthusiasm I was only one out maybe 3 new hires that month, meaning I was the only new hire in a group of long time employees. Despite setbacks I still held a hope in my heart that I could foster some form of friendship with my new coworkers, such as the ones you see on TV. However, all my coworkers seemed jaded and hardened from years in the fast food business, none of them had the passion that I had at the start. They only spoke to each other and were older than me, which meant that I with my lack of social skills could not bring myself to trouble them with chit-chat. By the second month I was almost ready to hold a funeral for my Whataburger-brand Pride, Care, and Love, but luckily that was also the
Working in group aslo make situation competitive because group member often have their own idea which might affect workplace People working in a group may unconsciously perceive the situation as destructive.
Working together with other people for an assignment can be a challenging task in some cases but luckily, I worked well with my group members. The decisions we made were anonymous although we paced ourselves individually when it came to completing our separate parts of the essay. As a group I believe that we connected well on an interpersonal level as all four of us were able to make alterations to any problem together . Furthermore, we did not give each other a chance to get angry at one another as we knew that this would only cause conflict that would disrupt our flow as a group. There was an equal divide in the amount of work that we all did; our contributions were fair and no one was lacking behind. In addition, my group members were great at keeping each other informed if one of us were not able to attend a group meeting; emails were sent out informing us what we missed and ideas that were formulated. Everyone in my group worked according to deadlines and in synchronization with each other; we did not have to nag anyone to complete work or wait on a member to complete their task.
Group cohesion is the force which causes members to remain in the group, which also has members within a group that are attracted to the ideas held by the group. It is important for all employees to share a common goal in the work environment, namely, to complete tasks that will benefit the company or organizational group. Promoting interdependency among the coworkers is to have employees work toward a common goal. The task will ultimately come together, if each team member does their part. For employees to arrive prepared and willing to conquer the task of the day, a cohesive work environment must increase the likelihood of employee satisfaction and serve as an incentive for employees. Unnecessary stress and tension among coworkers is certain to result in lack of cohesion within a working environment. As might be expected, work suffers when employees do not get along together. Thus, cohesion could be the rise or demise of an organization or company’s success in the work place.
Realizing that a group can become a high performance team is important. Accomplishing this goal is invaluable, advantageous and profitable. Once able to operate from a group to the high performing team is a great step into preparation into the big business world. Leaders and members must also realize not only how to accomplish this but that some problems will and can arise from different demographic characteristics and cultural diversity. That is if one is in such a group, which the probability would be quite high.
I had to get to the bank by bus both ways, which I had to organise to