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Wilson: Groups in Context
Groups in Context: Leadership and Participation in Small Groups, 6/e
Gerald L. Wilson, University of South Alabama-Mobile

Leading Group Meetings

Recommended Links

At http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/sect9.html is a group dynamics and leadership site by the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University. This page contains information on group dynamics and leadership and includes information on the functions and behaviors performed by a leader, as well as leadership and communication styles. It also gives a brief look into situational leadership theory (SLT).

The leadership site http://www.hope2help.com/team/skill.htm, by Dick Wulf, gives great examples of ineffective leadership and what to do to handle the inefficiencies. Wulf contends that one of the shortfalls made in leadership is the leader "not leading the team as a group.''

Leadership Skills for Communication, Group Facilitation, and Action at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jharris/leadership.html contains links to materials such as handouts and workbooks that Jeff Brooks-Harris is developing with colleagues at the University of Hawaii to train student leaders to use different types of leadership skills.

A Toolkit for Volunteer Leaders, at http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/4h/volun/arlen/small.htm, contains Roberts Rules of Order and gives volunteer group leaders a crash course on groups, techniques, and roles. The site also contains a neat section for leaders about "What to do if . . .'' that addresses several scenarios that frequently occur in groups.

Big Dog's Leadership Link Page, at http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadlnk.html, is a great source of links to leadership topics, including motivation and assessment instruments such as surveys. It also includes topics such as contingency theory and strategic planning.