Faciltate groups Flashcards
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You may be required to…
1.Coaching teams
2. Work as part of a group of staff conducting after school or school holiday programs.
3. Supporting fitness activities
4. Conducting indoor and outdoor recreation activities such as camps etc.
What does group Facilitation?
Group facilitation is the process of helping a group of people to discover and understand their common objectives or goals and then helping them to develop a plan to achieve them.
What’s group establishment?
Can provide the group with something to focus on and work towards. both individual and group goals should be established. Group goals will be the same for all group members. but individual goals will vary depending on what each person in the group wants to achieve.
Whats Smart goals?
Specific, Measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound/ timley
What’s Group development?
Group development involves forming and operating a productive team towards a shared goal.
Whats the stages of group formation?
Forming,Storming,Norming,Performing and Adjourning
Leadership in group formation
A leader should be someone with whom everyone feels comfortable and who has the skills to execute the project successfully. Some key elements for effective leadership include: Providing a vision and communicating it effectively.
Developing a team culture,
Setting goals and objectives,
Monitoring and communicating achievements,
Facilitating, and encouraging the development of individuals and the team as a whole.
Whats Laissez-Faire (delegative)
This leader delegates decisions to the group. Provides the group with some general guidance and then lets the group go about their responsibilities.
What’s the characteristics of Participate (democratic)
Everyone is encouraged to participate in discussions and to share ideas
Group members have greater sense of ownership.
What is the style beneficial (democratic)
When is this style beneficial
Where creative solutions are needed,
Where group members are highly skilled, When the group has plenty of time to complete the project
Characteristics of Authoritarian/Disciplinarian (autocratic)
Characteristics of this style
The authority makes all decisions
All group members are controlled and supervised by the leader
Everything goes through the leader
Style beneficial of Authoritarian/Disciplinarian (autocratic)
When is this style beneficial
Where decisions need to be made quickly
Where safety is a major concern
Where there is no margin for error
When a strict deadline needs to be adhered to
How to achieve optimal group performance?
Achieving optimal performance is about reaching the highest possible level where a group works together like a well-oiled machine. They are productive, organized, efficient and effective in everything that they do. In order to reach this level a group needs to have mentoring and effective task allocation
Whats mentoring?
Mentoring is the process of transferring knowledge and skills from one person to another. Mentoring is when someone with experience or expertise acts as a role model or leader to someone who is less experienced
Mentoring benefits
Develops coaching, facilitation and leadership skills
Strengthens their communication and active listening skills
They feel valued within the organisation, giving them an additional sense of purpose and responsibility
Enhances their professional development skills
Opportunity to review and reflect on the ways they do things within the organisation
Satisfaction from helping someone else
Recognition from the organisation that you are an expert or leader in your field
Exposure to a fresh perspective
Opportunity to potentially learn something from your mentee
Whats task allocation?
Task allocation requires you as the facilitator, together with team members, to divide and assign specific tasks that need to be completed.
This is an important job and plays an integral role in influencing a group’s ability to function and reach optimal performance.
What’s Group Dynamic
Group dynamics relates tohow people interact in a group situation.
A group’s success and performance rely solely on a group’s ability to work together cohesively and collaboratively.
What communication?
To maintain strong group dynamics communications is essential.
Verbal communication
Non-Verbal communication
Written communication
Conflict resolution?
Conflict is a normal part of team dynamics. Various issues can cause teams to experience conflict.
Many issues can be predicted while others can be totally unpredictable and may even be the outcome of a series of issues or a long period of unvoiced concerns.
What is some common causes of conflict in groups
Common causes of conflict in group situations include:
Preferred actions and personal styles
Shared resources
Differing priorities
Power struggles
Unpredictable work environments
Differing values
Negative conflict
Needs to be dealt with swiftly and tactfully to avoid escalation
Attempting to resolve conflict between group members-
Confront the conflict
Understand eachothers position
Involve those affected by the decision
Define the problem
Search and evaluate alternative solutions
Agree to implement the best solution
Conflict resolving
Conflict will generally be resolved in one of the following ways:
Withdrawal or avoiding
Forcing or controlling
Compromise
Accommodation or Smoothing
Collaboration
Barriers to facilitation
They are the obstacles or threats that stop a group from achieving or obtaining their desired outcome.
These barriers need to be identified as soon as they arise so that strategies can be implemented to deal with them before they become a more significant issue that may be more difficult to solve.
Whats some successful decisions?
Decision Making
Identify problem
Develop solution
Gather information
Select best solution
Take action to implement
Evaluate
