Transcript How do groups work well together?

How do groups work well
together?
What’s your job?
Warm up
Discuss the following questions at your table:
• Who is responsible for making a group work
well together?
• What does a group working well together look
like? Sound like?
• What are positive jobs in a group?
• What are negative jobs in a group?
• What makes a group work well together?
• What makes a group not work well together?
Note the answers
In your journal, make bulleted lists based on
your group’s discussion of the following
questions:
• What makes a group work well together?
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• What makes a group not work well together?
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Group Jobs
Below is a list of jobs in a group. Some of these
jobs help a group work well together while
others do not help a group function. Talk in your
groups about what each of these jobs mean.
Decide which ones are positive and negative.
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Aggressor
Blocker
Clown
Compromiser
Coordinator/Leader
Deserter
Dominator
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Elaborator
Encourager
Energizer
Follower
Gatekeeper
Harmonizer
Information Seeker
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Information Giver
Initiator/Contributor
Observer
Opinion Seeker
Opinion Giver
Summarizer
Group Jobs
In your journal, list the positive and negative
jobs based on the discussion your table had.
Positive Job +
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Aggressor
Blocker
Clown
Compromiser
Coordinator/Leader
Deserter
Dominator
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Negative Job -
Elaborator
Encourager
Energizer
Follower
Gatekeeper
Harmonizer
Information Seeker
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Information Giver
Initiator/Contributor
Observer
Opinion Seeker
Opinion Giver
Summarizer
Initiator or Contributor
• Suggests new ideas or different ways of
approaching a problem; starts discussions,
contributes ideas that help the group explore
new areas
Information Seeker
• Asks for clarification,
figures out what
information is
missing before
moving on
Information Giver
• Provides factual information to the group,
relates own experiences when relevant
Opinion Seeker
• Asks for clarification
of the values,
attitudes and opinions
of group members,
checks to make sure
that different
viewpoints are given
Opinion Giver
• Shares ideas, beliefs, and opinions about the topic
Elaborator
• Takes people’s ideas and builds on them with
examples and facts, considers the consequences
of ideas and actions
Coordinator or Leader
• Identifies and
explains the
relationships
between ideas, may
pull different ideas
together and make
sense of them
Energizer
• Gives the group energy to
carry them forward,
challenges the group to finish
a task
Summarizer
• Summarizes main points of people in the group;
restates main ideas
Encourager
• Supports, praises efforts
of group, demonstrates
warmth, provides a
positive attitude
Harmonizer
• Seeks ways to reduce tension sometimes with
humor, reconciles differences
Compromiser
• Offers to change position for the good of the
group, willing to meet others half way
Gatekeeper
• Makes sure all members have a chance to talk
and share ideas, encourages shy and quiet
members to contribute ideas, limits those who
dominate the conversation
Follower
• Follows ideas of the group,
accepts what others say,
but not silent
Aggressor
• Makes personal attacks,
uses belittling and
insulting comments;
actions are usually
attempts to decrease
another member’s
status
Blocker
• Opposes every idea or
opinion and refuses to
make own suggestions,
puts up a lot of
resistance that stalls the
group
Dominator
• Tries to control the conversation and tell
people what they should be doing, claims to
know more and have better ideas than anyone
else; The Dictator
Observer
• Sits and observes, but not engaged or
contributing to the conversation even when
given opportunities to share
Clown
• Uses group time as fun
time and a way to get
out of work, distracts
other people by telling
jokes, gets people off
task
Deserter
• Doesn’t fulfill responsibilities, often leaves
group to do other tasks to work alone or with
other groups