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25 Ideas To Improve Group Process

Meeting Rules

  1. Set agenda in advance.
  2. All team members attend unless excused.
  3. Be on time.
  4. Review and agree on agenda.
  5. Stick to the agenda.
  6. Agree on, stick to timing.
  7. No side conversations.
  8. No interruptions, phone calls, or wandering in and out.
  9. Team members use good meeting behavior (helping factors).
  10. Summarize results/action steps at end; send out in writing.
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Basic Rules of Brainstorming
  1. Everyone is expected to participate.
  2. No criticism or evaluation of anyone’s ideas is allowed.
  3. No idea is labeled silly or dumb.
  4. Participants should build on one another’s idea to gain momentum, trigger new thoughts and increase creativity.

Team Building Behaviors
  1. Being open
  2. Being honest
  3. Being direct
  4. Contributing ideas
  5. Riding on others’ ideas
  6. Supporting
  7. Supportive conflict
  8. Clarifying - restating issues
  9. Listening to understand
  10. Willingness to be influenced
  11. Willingness to give up your interest

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Source: Adapted from Michael Beer, Organization Change by Development, 1980 by Tom Justice and David W. Jamieson, Ph.D

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