Our group was assigned to the "Breathless in.." student.
“Breathless in…” will call at the first sign of an issue and tends to cry wolf a bit. This can be annoying, but this student also often serves as an ‘early warning system’ to the instructor. They tend to overreact to any deviation or lack of response by a teammate, especially if they have had a prior negative team experience. They can lead to an escalation of conflict in the team by their early overreactions.
3 Strategies on how we can deal with this person are:
1. Being understanding is most important. Let the group know what is going on, express yourself, share your ideas, be a team. If you can do all of that plus a little more, then everything will work out and go according to plan.
2. Communication is also very important. This is actually probably most important. But a few ways to communicate are by exchanging phone numbers, email addresses, twitter, etc. there are so many different ways to communicate now days. Talk to the other person let them know what is going on and keep them up to date.
3. Be encouraging. At times a person may need that little pick up to help lift them and let them know that they can do it. Help them build a strong sense of self efficacy. Have patience because not everyone will understand and get things all at the same time. Everyone learns and understands at different levels.
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