Group Process Skills 

It’s Never Too Late to Understand How Groups Work 

Group Process Skills 

It’s Never Too Late to Understand How Groups Work 

The Group Process Skills are the skills that help us function as a group and effectively hold meetings.

These skills rely on the relational skills and the procedural skills but include elements of their own.

They are interpersonal skills, and skills that help us stay organized and on track during meetings.


Improving your Group Process Skills means learning: 

  • To be more self-aware

  • To be assertive (but not aggressive)

  • To strengthen your personal boundaries

  • When and how to set appropriate limits

  • To identify and understand your triggers

  • To manage yourself emotionally

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“The more people within a group who are aware of good group process skills, the easier the task of the facilitator and the more satisfactory the meeting.”


– Berit Lakey,
  Meeting Facilitation: The No-Magic Method


group sitting close together in deep discussion

How do group dynamics impact what a group can accomplish?

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Group Participation Skills 

It’s Never Too Late to Be a Valuable Group Member 

Group Participation Skills 

It’s Never Too Late to Be a Valuable Group Member 

What is Group Process?

Is it just people together in a meeting?

These are the skills you bring to a group and are what you add to or detract from a group’s efficiency.

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As a participant, you will provide the most value if you are competent in both relational and procedural skills.

 

Improving your Group Participation Skills means learning: 

  • Self-awareness and assertiveness

  • Direct but compassionate communication

  • Appropriate boundaries within a group

  • How to tune-in to individuals

  • How to tune-in to the group energy

  • The nature of group dynamics

  • To manage yourself emotionally