Summarize the following focusing on the main topic which is Team Development and Team Emotion.

Introduction

Team leadership is a characteristic that leaders need to learn in order to ensure there is a proper flow of operations and group objectives sustained by appropriate cohesion among the team members. Team development and team emotions are assets of teaming that leaders are required to comprehend and find ways to engage the group in achieving objectives through cooperation. Teaming involves the process of coordinating as well as collaborating with other individuals which are often determined by the mindset and practices of the team members. Often, leaders realize that critical understanding of team growth and emotions is needed when the group faces challenges in reaching their goals. Leading a team is not a walk in the park since it involves generating trust among members, having shared commitment with every individual within the group, and adopting a psychological mindset that is targeted towards team building in order for a leader to understand team development and emotions. The theme of team building and group emotions is showcased in the movie,The Martian, by Ridley Scott which provides team management lessons for leaders especially when it comes to team development and emotions. The film showcases the theme of group development through the control of emotions in challenging situations, through leadership aimed at mobilizing ideas as well as talents from the members and create cohesion targeted towards achieving a positive objective.

Describe the phenomenon

When focusing on team growth and the emotions of the group towards focusing on reaching the group's desired objectives, it is significant for leaders to understand that team members often look up to their leader for an example to emulate. As such, leaders are required to observe appropriate self-management as a priority towards ensuring they would as serve as suitable examples to the rest of the group members and facilitate group development and emotional stability among members. Also, focusing on positivity plays a significant role when it comes to leaders improving the relations among team members especially when it comes to emotions. Often, it is inevitable to avoid failure when a group of people tries to achieve a particular objective. As such, wise leaders ensure they focus on positivity to provide encouragement, and support and manage the emotions of the members so that they focus on the challenge at hand. In most cases, serious situations look overwhelming to most team members and the resulting effect could be members making mistakes at a critical time out of fear and negative emotions towards the situation. Leadership is an aspect that requires many skills to ensure the crew manages to achieve its objectives. However, having the ability to utilize core competencies and individual strength works efficiently in shaping an appropriate team attitude that engages people to focus on cohesion and proper handling of emotions. When managers are faced with a problem, rather than trying to solve an issue without knowing the right procedure to employ, it is necessary for people in charge to prioritize utilizing the skills and abilities they own. In doing so, individuals in charge of groups will manage to create quality working environments that provide members with balanced emotions and appropriate teamwork attitudes

Self-control over the situation is practice leaders need to incorporate in their practice to facilitate motivation toward solving the issues presented. Leaders who have failed in elevating their teams from challenges are prone to panicking and overreacting to challenging situations. Such a type of reaction exhibited by a leader works towards demoralizing the followers and placing fear which will affect their productivity. People in charge of groups need to showcase their courage and maintain emotions in check to ensure they think and plan efficiently toward eliminating the problem and reaching desired objectives. Being able to asses every fact about the situation and team comes in handy for leaders to facilitate proper cohesion among the group's operations and facilitate proper team emotional expression and dynamic growth. Often, leaders make mistakes in the management of their groups due to missing a particular point or fact that would have made a huge difference in seeing the group achieve its objectives. When the crew hits a snag in their operations, the leader is often looked up to provide the next crucial step to avert or survive the crisis.

Examples in the Film

Self-management of the leader communicates emotional intelligence to members of the group and improving cooperation. In the film, the character, Mark Watney, the leader of the team of astronauts who gave priority to ensuring he remained psychologically sane and healthy to serve his group efficiently. In the movie, Mark initiates behavioral practice with the resources he has in order to keep his emotions in balance. For instance, he would often record his journal as a way of expressing his emotions (Scott 0.24.13-0.32.20). Such practices when it comes to leadership ensure leaders remain focused and sharp to monitor and facilitate growth in the team's dynamics and additionally aid other members in expressing their emotions the right way. The film additionally showcases the necessity of positive thinking in team development and improving emotions within a group. As witnessed in the movie,The Martian, the protagonist found the situation of being stranded on an inhospitable planet while injured in serious situation. Initially, Mark, found the situation hopeless which later on changed into hope born out of his positive thinking (Scott 0.46.03-0.55.26). In doing so, Mark proves that feeling despair is a normal circumstance among human beings when faced with serious challenges.

In the film, Mark realizes that survival is greatly challenged due to a lack of food. Therefore, he employs his skills, botany, to grow potatoes on an inhospitable planet with limited resources for the work (Scott 1.22.13-1.29.20). By growing the potatoes, Mark was able to achieve the objective of surviving on the planet until rescue arrived.As exhibited in the movie, the protagonist does not showcase fear and panic but rather becomes calm and recollected in order to practice logical thinking and refuse to accept failure as an option (Scott 0.32.14-0.35.17). Therefore, individuals put in place to lead people towards a particular objective need to ensure the group develops and sustains emotional stability to focus on the task through the leader practicing self-control of individual emotions and fear towards the presented situation.

As such, appropriate leadership works well if the individual in charge pays attention to every detail and how it can be useful no matter how small the detail is. Such is showcased in the movie when the protagonist, Mark efficiently plans for survival by asking his colleagues to engage their laptops and equipment to find useful information that could have helped in formulating an efficient surviving technique and maintaining communication with the mother based back on planet Earth (Scott 0.17.30-0.19.28). From the protagonist, the lesson gained from Mark's behavioral pattern is that in dire situations, missing small details can be detrimental to recovering from the situation and leaders need to pay attention to every crucial fact to formulate survival plans.