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module menu icon Key process-focused team skills

Process-focused skills tend to be about people, and about building rapport within the group and making it work cohesively and effectively. Those who take on process-focused group roles tend to have very good interpersonal skills, and in particular:

Communication

These people work hard to ensure that the group communicates well, helping to make sure that there are no misunderstandings or unexpressed difficulties between team members through effective verbal communication, listening, and questioning.

Ability to build rapport

These people are also good at developing a sense of harmony and rapport within the group, creating a coherent team.

Persuasion and influencing

One of the key areas of process skills is in persuading and influencing. If the group is to come to a shared decision, for example, several members may need to be persuaded of the merits of a particular course of action.

Facilitation

Managing a process is basically about facilitating it, or making it easier.

Feedback

Being able to give clear and effective feedback to others is vital to keep the group process running effectively and to plan. It also helps to ensure that you do not get irritated and angry with the way that others are behaving. It follows that you also need to be able to receive feedback gracefully, and then act on it calmly.

Chairing meetings

Group work often involves meetings and skilled coordinators often have highly developed skills in chairing meetings, and use them in small and large groups alike.

Conflict resolution

You have to recognise that there may be situations when you need to deal with difficult people or situations, or even resolve a conflict.

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