Teamwork and Collaboration

A Hell’s Kitchen Analysis

Presentation by:Michael Adams

Adeline HeuchanMichael PolandJosh Medlock

Communication:

• Do Nots– Name Calling– Tone• Sarcasm• Disrespectful• Attitude

– Body Language• Slouching• Rolling Eyes• Facial Expressions

– Lie

• Do’s– Proper Addressing– Tone• Clear• Respectful• Confident

– Body Language• Eye Contact• Relevant hand signals• Facial Expressions

Relevance

• Heather– Got work done– Confident– Skilled– Stern– Leader

Relevance

• Virginia– Passive– Got work done– Polite– Talkative

Teamwork

• Communication– Red Team– Neither

• Directed Teamwork– Heather took leadership

position– Ramsey assigns teamwork

Destructive Qualities

• Subtle– ‘Backstabbing’– Slouching– Smugness– Sabotaging– Lying

• Blatant– Disrespect– Eye rolling– Badmouthing– Sabotaging

Misleading People

• Team Scenario– Wrong, of course– Hurts the whole team, including you– Activates the rule of karma

• Competitive Scenario– Can be part of the game, like Poker– Opposing teams shouldn’t listen to each other

What if the truth hurts someone?

• Tell the truth• Honesty will always be the most secure route• Less prone to mistakes due to false

information• The other person would be able to react

based on the truth, instead of the alternate lie

A sensitive truth or a blunt truth?

• Depends– Blunt

• Doing something wrong• Not being a part of the

team• Trying to make a stern

point

– Sensitive• Person’s personal abilities• Very sensitive topic

(personal life)• Giving bad news

Hells Kitchen or Team Banana?

• Not to the same extent• When disagreements arise, we communicate

and stay calm• We also don’t deal with the same situation:– Voting people off– Winning a restaurant– Competitive

Have you witnessed any of these behaviors in life?

• Absolutely• People are competitive• People get upset• Emotions skyrocket when the prize is big

What did you learn from this project?

• Teamwork • Distribution of responsibilities• Communication with the team