Group Management We hear about it all the time. Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork! Since high school we were put on a team and expected to create a product of some kind. In first grade, my teacher gathered students into “pods”: four desks placed together to form small teams. Even at that young age, the group dynamics were evident. As the students got older, the storm phase problems went from “Mrs. Hardy, Darryl cleaned a booger on my desk” to high school basketball practice and “Coach, Darryl isn't passing the ball and that's causing us to lose ". games." Whatever the age and in whatever field we have chosen to work, we will certainly be part of a group. Therefore, it is important to understand group dynamics to increase the efficiency of our groups. This document will summarize an article on the work of team and will identify the type of characteristics that would be essential for each member of a team. THE ARTICLE In an article titled “Kelsey-Seybold Team Follows Leader's Pace / Management Boss Breaks Down Walls With Words,” by Mary Sit-DuVall of the Houston Chronicle, illustrates an example of effective teamwork at Kelsey-Seybold Management Services (KSMS) and Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group (KSMG). Valerie Bergeron, and the chairman of the board of directors of KSMG - Dr. Spencer Berthelsen, although more the former than the latter Bergeron, who is the first female and also the first African- American, to maintain her position, focuses on people rather than profits. According to Bergeron, "If you have the ability to communicate with a lot of enthusiasm, you create opportunities for personal and professional growth and a sense of teamwork not only in what you say to them, but in how you participate in the organization - in your level of commitment to projects". , your level of commitment to supporting you: people within the organization will want to work more closely with you." (Sit-DuVall, 2004) This quote from Bergeron illustrates his feeling that teamwork and an environment of close-knit and friendly working are the keys to her success. Kelsey-Seybold board member states this statement: "If she doesn't know something, she makes an effort to understand it... She hasn't created a barrier between her and the rest of the team." system. It's part of the system..." (Sit-DuVall, 2004)