Group leadership skills often requires refocusing tangents in discussions. Tangents make people crazy. Your group leadership skills need to be able to handle them off-topic conversations.

In Part 5 (of 5) in this...

In Part 4, we look at how group leaders clarify or synthesize the flow of a conversation to refocus on the key issues and move the group forward toward possible solutions.

At some point in most group and team discussions, the...

Group leadership involves asking good questions. Many leaders talk AT the group and discussions fall flat. In Part 2 (of 5) in this collection of videos on Effective Group Communication Skills, you'll learn how to ask good...

Group leadership (Part 3) looks at how leaders can handle an overly talkative person. The following are 5 tips for getting at this issue especially in small group communication settings.

1. Set expectations about...

When teams follow these Group Problem Solving Steps, they are much more likely to reach effective, high-quality decisions and less likely to let ineffective decisions move forward. Thanks to research by Randy Hirokawa and his associates,...

Effective group leadership skills spark interaction. In Part 1, we look at ways to generate lots of participation so meetings are energetic and dynamic. We all need effective group communication skills. In Part 1 (of 5) in this...