1. Basic Skills For Group Leaders
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Basic Skills For Group Leaders

2. Specific Leadership Skills
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Specific Leadership Skills
Active Listening
Reflection
Clarification and Questioning
Summarizing

3. Specific Leadership Skills Continued
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Specific Leadership Skills Continued
Linking-- pointing out similarities between or among members’ concerns and issues
Mini-Lecturing and Information-Giving
Make it interesting.
Make it relevant.
Make it short (usually no more than 5–8 minutes).
Make it energizing.
Make sure you have current, correct, and objective information

4. Specific Leadership Skills Continued
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Specific Leadership Skills Continued
Encouraging and Supporting
Tone-Setting
Modeling and Self-Disclosure

5. Specific Leadership Skills Continued
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Specific Leadership Skills Continued
Use of Eyes
Scanning For Nonverbal Cues
Getting Members to Look at Other Members
Drawing Out Members
Cutting Off Members

6. Specific Leadership Skills Continued
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Specific Leadership Skills Continued
Use of Voice
Use of Voice to Help Set the Tone
Use of Voice to Energize the Group

7. Specific Leadership Skills Continued
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Specific Leadership Skills Continued
Use of the Leader’s Energy
Identifying Allies-- members who understand the purpose of the group and are likely to be helpful

8. Coleading Advantages of coleading
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Coleading
Advantages of coleading
one leader can think while other is leading
support and modeling for a beginning leader
can offer varying points of view
coleader can bring specific information on topics

9. Coleading Disadvantages possibly incompatible styles
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Coleading
Disadvantages
possibly incompatible styles
different goals for members
competition between leaders

10. Coleading Coleaders need to like and respect each other
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Coleaders need to like and respect each other
Coleaders need to set aside time for planning and processing each session

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Models of Coleading
Alternate leading: coleaders plan together, then alternate primary leadership role throughout a session according to a topic or an exercise…coleader in supportive role
Shared leading: coleaders plan together and lead jointly, careful to maintain a common focus and direction
Apprentice model: more experienced leader models for a novice leader

12. Multicultural Groups Homogeneous Membership Diverse Membership
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Multicultural Groups
Homogeneous Membership
Diverse Membership
Multicultural Needs and Coleadership