1. Group Facilitation Chapter 4: Leadership
Adapted from slides developed by Ronald W. Toseland

2. Advanced Reflecting Skills
Becoming a Leader
Helping/Leading/Facilitating skills
Invitational Skills
Nonverbal and Opening Skills
Reflecting Skills
Paraphrasing and Reflecting Feelings
Advanced Reflecting Skills
Reflecting Meaning and Summarizing
Challenging Skills
Giving Feedback and Confrontation
Goal Setting Skills
Focusing on the Client and Boiling Down the Problem
Change Techniques
Giving Advice/Information, Alternative Interpretation/Reframing, and Brainstorming
Presence/Attending
Young, 2013, p.38-40

3. Designated leader? The indigenous leader(s)?
Stimulate and support indigenous leadership
Members begin to feel they have power, influence, control and a stake in the group outcome
Exercises their abilities; build self-esteem

4. Small Group Work Re-read page
Select a learning or two to share with group members

5. “(Social Services) Workers who are new to the leadership role are sometimes uncomfortable with their power and influence” p.99

6. Critical thinking Question
Sharing power and empowering members are important for effective group leadership. How can a leader contribute to the empowerment of members?

7. “Thus transformational leaders use the power bases available to them, but the focus is on inspiring and empowering members rather than inducing compliance”
p. 104

8. The Purposes of Group -p

9. p.105

10. Group Leadership/Helping Skills
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11. Our Labs…
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12. Co-leadership Benefits of Co-leadership Disadvantages More expensive
Source of support
Feedback and professional development
Training for inexperienced leaders
Communication, interaction, dispute resolution
Assistance during therapeutic interventions
Help setting limits and structuring the group
Disadvantages
More expensive
Need to coordinate planning between meetings
Need to act as models
Conflict and tension can occur between seasoned and new leaders
Conflict can negatively affect group outcomes