The Group confidence Dynamics

Confidence which we knows is self sufficiency or you may say it personal efficiency.

Talking about " group confidence" today in a special perspective of "a confident Muslim's group is a basic unit of confident Ummah"

That unit can be a workplace team, a family unit, a friendly group unit or any unit doing something positive and fruitful together.

We often see word confidence to start with self. Is this different from what we are talking about today ie non self but a group (collective) confidence? The answer is interesting and that is ‘yes’, it is different.

Let's meet Jameel today who has recently joined a multinational company as an executive officer. He has been told that he has to work in a team of 5 members. Jameel consider himself a motivated and self confident gentleman.

Self confidence is shown in this flow chart and it is very simple to see the cycle.

But he is worried about how the other members of team would be as the performance will not be depending on him now. Team characters and team efficiency will be collective.

Group or team is a unit of people who are having both similar and different characters. The confidence of a group will be seen as a group unit not as individual. Likewise, the successful will be the group (not a person) and if they get failure that also will be for group.

Jameel felt that the group members are good in their works, but he thinks that the team will be not a good place to show his individual confidence, he is thinking that his high level of confidence and talents may be masked under the team work and will not be highlighted as they deserved, what do you think he is right ?

So, why we live and grow in groups and teams, why family unit is the best team of every successful society. Is this of any benefit or just a harm to individuality? as Jameel thinks

Before going to benefits, we will look what we meant by a proper and effective “team”

But very soon Jameel changed his mind when he failed. He failed to deliver something very important, for what he thinks it was only his failure, but how good it feels when no one points out to you but they say that “this group failed”.

His team was all around him for his support and for bringing him out and away of the depressed days. The time was hard but it became easier as he can share his failure, he has people to share his sadness and supporting hands to stand again with lesser pain than expected alone.

We are not saying the team will be perfect or all the team members will be stronger and confident.

What makes the team confidence possible is only 1 major thing.

A reliable support (same in success and in failure)

If we can achieve this in our team- we are going to be always great as the team confidence will be growing high and high which is the basis of all good.

Remember that, every team of Muslims, wherever it is, is a unit of Ummah.

A confident team will be healthy unit to grow and be stronger for Muslims. Confident teams around the world will insha ALLAH ultimately make a confident Ummah.

Think about where you are in your team,

this is time to work on us.