Introduction

Gaglione Strength is a powerlifting and strength gym based out of Farmingdale, New York. Powerlifting training is the main service provided, however nutrition services, FTS (fascial stretch training), and massages are also part of the services offered. John Gaglione is the owner and head coach. He is a competitive powerlifter and holds a high national ranking and many world records. He trains people from “all walks of life” meaning they do not need to be a professional athlete to receive training by him; from athletes to older people. John coaches a powerlifting team of over forty athletes and he has helped over thirty athletes become nationally ranked. John has been a coach for over 10 years, he helped out at his kid wrestling program when he was younger, and never achieved his goals of becoming an all county wrestler.
He decided he never wanted anyone to feel the way he did so he decided to become a coach. John got his personal training certificate when he was 17 years old and started researching training methods and the proper way to train the body for athletic development and strength. In 2011, he started working for someone else and subleased a space inside a wrestling club where he would train athletes. After one year he moved into a small space in Farmingdale and then after four years he moved his gym into a much larger space (double what it was) and that is where the business has been ever since. Over the past few years, there have been many changes to Gaglione Strength's information systems and how he operates his business. There needs to be an easier and more efficient way to help and reach out to his clients. His most recent software, Edufii has been the most helpful and given him a great deal of business to make his gym one of the most successful powerlifting gyms in the area.

Gaglione Strength's Values

• To educate you on how to train the right way so you are motivated to dominate all areas of your life.
  
• To reach your goals;
• Be the strongest version of yourself
  

COLLABORATION

Our team uses collaboration as a main characteristic because we work together as a group, we use feedback whether it’s positive or negative as motivation to do better every time, each team member contributes with different thoughts and perspectives in order to achieve a better and bigger goal. Another point to mention is positive attitude, our team has a positive attitude when it comes to collaborating in giving ideas on how to complete each project, as well as putting deadlines on ourselves in order to have time to revise the documents and that gives us more time to make changes if it is necessary.

Negative feedback is a sensitive matter to anyone person in a group or the entire group. When it comes to negative feedback, we believe that our team handles it in an efficient manner, this allows the team to focus most of its time on its projects, instead of wasting time. There are negative feedback situations we encounter within or towards the group, an example is when a team member in the group fails to do their part of their work and it directly affects the whole project, asa team we try to give negative feedback with good intentions and without mal intent. The group uses constructive criticism with the purpose of quickly identifying and fixing the problem. It is very important for us in the group to listen to the different opinions that each member has to express, to give advice on how to complete or answer a question about our project efficiently. That is our main goal. Feedback we receive is not meant to hurt anybody but to make us better.

As a Synchronous collaboration our team uses multi party text chat, Google document and blogs as tools. In addition, we use Group me, Google Docs, Gantt Chart (on Smart Sheets), and Google PowerPoint. Asynchronous collaborations include email, discussion forums and team surveys. Our group use email and text messages as a asynchronous tools.