I am a strong advocator for the importance of relationship building in establishing effective group dynamics. Whether it is few hours or even less than an hour, a few weeks or months, no matter how long my facilitating role will be, I genuinely care about building healthy relationships with and within the group.
Every group needs to achieve a certain level of familiarity and safety before they can get into in-depth discussions: they need to trust each other, and often people need to be heard before they are able to be open to hearing other people.
Whether you have a talkative bunch or a mixed bag, building relationships early on will prove beneficial in fostering an open environment, ripe for insight and learning. Relationship building:
SUGGESTED WAYS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS:
A COUPLE REMINDERS
Temper your expectations as inter-group relationships take a variety of forms. Some gel quickly and deeply, others require more time and even then, may not take shape in the way we hope for. Accept your group the way it is, and do your best to work with what you have!
One thing is certain, having time for relationship building especially at the beginning, at the very least, offers participants the chance for increasing comfort and trust and doing so will surely impact the group dialogue positively.
Happy Relationship Building!
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