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Leadership through Group Dynamics

Explore leadership within the context of group dynamics. Topics include the stages of group development, leadership styles, and specific actions for each stage. Develop a deeper understanding of effective leadership in a group setting.

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Leadership through Group Dynamics

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  1. A brief overview of theory and application Leadership through Group Dynamics

  2. Group dynamics? I thought this was a leadership course? • Awareness • Expectations/Commitment • Knowledge

  3. Why are you teaching this? • Academic interest • Adjunct for Central Community College - LIS program • BSA • NLLI, ARL/OLMS, etc.

  4. I’m not a leader….. • Leaders aren’t always who we think they are. • Groups/Teams/Committees • Defining leadership broadly

  5. Leadership v. Management • Opposing fields/Opposing terminology • Mostly semantics

  6. A possible definition • Leadership v. management • Inspiring people • You can be either or both!

  7. No, really, you can be a leader! • Formal and informal leadership roles. • Defined Roles • “Ad Hoc” Roles

  8. Situational Leadership • No single "best" style of leadership. • Telling • Selling • Participating • Delegating Hersey, P. and Blanchard, K. H. (1969). Life cycle theory of leadership. Training and Development Journal, 23 (5), 26–34.

  9. Tuckman’s Stages • First published in 1965 • Forming • Norming • Storming • Performing • Adjourning/Mourning Tuckman, B. W. (1965). Development sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63, 384-399 Tuckman, B.W. & Jensen, M.A.C. (1977) Stages of small group development revisited. Group and Organizational Studies, 2, 419-427

  10. Cog’s Ladder • Five Steps of Group Development • Polite • Why we’re here • Bids for Power • Cooperation/Constructive • Esprit Charrier, G. O. (1972). Cog's ladder: a model of group development. Advanced Management Journal, 37(1), 30–37.

  11. Tubbs/Fisher Tubbs • Orientation • Conflict • Consensus • Closure Tubbs, Stewart. (1995). A systems approach to small group interaction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Fisher • Orientation • Conflict • Emergence • Reinforcement Fisher, B. Aubrey. (1970). Decision emergence: Phases in group decision making. Speech Monographs, 37, 53-66.

  12. Which one should we choose? • Tuckman • Forming • Norming • Storming • Performing • Why?

  13. Forming(or Orientation, or Familiarity etc.) • The Immature Group • High enthusiasm and motivation • Low in Skills • “Honeymoon Period”

  14. Forming – Expectations What to expect • Responsibilities • Lots of questions • Processes or lack thereof • Testing

  15. How to Participate during Forming Specific Group Member Responsibilities • Accepting the new team identity • Learn the group's mission • Commitment to group goals • Getting to know one another • Friendliness and concern about others. • Participate in goal setting

  16. Forming – Leadership Style Leader Directed • High task • Low relationship

  17. Forming - Specific Actions • Listen • Introduce • Communicate Forming requires Explaining

  18. Storming(or Confrontive, or Power etc.) • The Fractionated Group • Low enthusiasm AND still low in skills • Decisions don't come easily within group

  19. Storming – Expectations What to expect • Establishment • Challenges • Uncertainties • Cliques and factions

  20. How to Participate during Storming Specific Group Member Responsibilities • Focus on commonalities, not the differences • Listen actively and attentively • Support environment for expression of ideas • Manage disagreements

  21. Storming – Leadership Style Directed Coaching • High task • High relationship

  22. Storming- Specific Actions Specific Leader Actions • Provide • Restate • Create Storming requires Demonstrating

  23. Norming(or Constructive, or Resolution or Supporting etc.) • The Sharing Group • Rising enthusiasm/growing skills • Sense of identity • Cooperation and integration

  24. Norming – Expectations What to expect • Agreement and consensus • Delegation • Commitment • Shared Leadership

  25. How to Participate during Norming Specific Group Member Responsibilities • Appreciation of differences • Recognition of group success • Use feedback • Greater involvement

  26. Norming – Leadership Style Follower Directed/Motivating • Low Task • Low Relationship

  27. Norming - Specific Actions Specific Leader Actions • Solicit • Encourage • Provide Normingrequires Guiding

  28. Performing(or Production, or Synergy etc.) • The Effective Team • High enthusiasm and high skills • Commitment within the group • Energized

  29. Performing – Expectations What to expect • Shared vision • Focus • Autonomy • Changing needs

  30. How to Participate during Performing Specific Group Member Responsibilities • Take on more of the team's business • Letting the team leader operate at the boundaries of the team • Share in group accomplishments and productivity

  31. Performing – Leadership Style Directed Mentoring • Low Task • Low Relationship

  32. Performing - Specific Actions Specific Leader Actions • Providing • Rewarding • Celebrating Performingusually requires Enabling

  33. Adjourning? • A closure of the group/team process. • Personal relations may be disengaged • Job tasks might be terminated

  34. But not always! • High-performing • Deforming • Reforming • Mourning

  35. Conclusion • Many theories, many similarities • Limitations • Strengths

  36. Questions?

  37. Sources Charrier, G. O. (1972). Cog's ladder: a model of group development. Advanced Management Journal, 37(1), 30–37. Chodash, S. & Ryan, R. (2012) The Leading EDGE/The Teaching EDGE. http://www.neic-woodbadge.org/ Accessed May 2012. Hersey, P. and Blanchard, K. H. (1969). Life cycle theory of leadership. Training and Development Journal, 23 (5), 26–34. Tuckman, B. W. (1965). Development sequence in small groups. Psychological Bulletin, 63, 384-399 Tuckman, B.W. & Jensen, M.A.C. (1977) Stages of small group development revisited. Group and Organizational Studies, 2, 419-427 University of Kentucky Office of Student Activities, Leadership, & Involvement (n.d.) Group Dynamics. www.uky.edu/GetInvolved/Leadership/pdf/Group%20Dynamics.pdf. Accessed May 2012.

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