Adopting a Success Attitude

ENSURING A POSITIVE GROUP WORK EXPERIENCE

As you think about working with your classmates on a group project, what’s your initial reaction? If it’s worry, dread, or annoyance, you may have had a negative experience working with others in the past, or you may be anticipating conflict over differences in group members’ learning preferences. You can use your knowledge of the MBTI to make your future group-work experiences positive and productive.

Imagine you’ve been assigned to work in a group, and your task is to determine whether college athletes should be paid for playing their sport. The group has to research each position in the debate and put together a presentation in which you argue for one side or the other. Respond to the following scenarios: