As a student, I hated group work until I got into my later degrees. Then I began to learn skills around managing group dynamics.
But now that I am in mid-career, I cannot express how important learing to manage group dynamics has been to me. It is a skill that I work with every day at work, in my volunteering, and in my social life.
I still fail at group dynamics, regularly. For example, I am terrible at sharing information off-line. If someone asks me to send them some piece of material, that's fine. But the unspoken expectation that I will c.c. everybody with every piece of communication drives me mental.
[u]Imaginary Conversation[/i]
Me: Tell me what you need to know and I will send it to you.
Them: I need to know everything
Me: Yesterday I had a conference call (ACK!) with X about Y--
Them: I don't need to know about Y
Me: Then what does "everything" mean?
etc.
I work in government, so it's a bit like Yes, Minister at times.
Fortunately my immediate colleagues know about my AS, and understand where these gaps come from, and try to ensure that they are clear in their requests for support/help/advice from me.
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--James