Team Building & Interpersonal Communication
August 30, 2006 by Mary Jo Manzanares
When you are working in small groups, you may find yourself isolated from the larger workplace, working intensely on a project that has become a vital part of yourself. Every member of the group will likely have that same experience, and a sense of dependence on one another will occur.
While that personal ownership of a project has many wonderful benefits, one danger is that interpersonal communication may deteriorate. This is usually caused by dependence becomomg overdependence, and increased irritability will usually result. There may also be an increased tendency to perceive disagreement within the group as a personal attack. Psychologists refer …read more


