Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Rob BakxInfoMil – Twinning Advisor

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

• Parallel phase

• Inclusion phase

• Mutuality phase

• Departure phase

Central themes: AUTHORITY and INTIMACY

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Parallel phase

• Can I trust the leader? Safety

• Prerequisite: make contact

• Build up authority, then give it away

• Balance it – not too fast

• Time your input: final remark counts

• Set the rules and live up to them

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Inclusion phase

• Get rid of your central position

• Increase of intimacy

• Mutual group relations increase (pairs, sub groups)

• Different opinions, conflicts, scape goats

• Informal leaders, hidden discontent

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Inclusion phase

• Conflicts are normal: in this phase stayed tuned on content

• Informal leader: - use to provoke discussion

- let him show all

- compliments and tips to him

- too smart? Take apart – continue?

• Boss want to join: don’t!

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Mutuality phase

• Ideal group: all group members mutually involved

• Easy to always give each other feedback

• Feedback is taken serious

• Trainer guides the process, no more teacher

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

GROUP DYNAMICS

Departure phase

• Group gradually falls apart

• Trainer’s role as in beginning

• Your task to shape the goodbye

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

BUILDING UP AUTHORITY

• First little attack on authority

• Intimacy is still low – don’t involve the group

• Set the informal rules (coffee, telephones, whispering)

• Create safety

• Remain warm, curious, interested

• Don’t defend yourself, don’t argue

• Don’t ask participants for opinion too fast

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

BUILDING UP AUTHORITY

• Wait for silence at the start – “force them”

• Let your first sentences be fluent

• Be convinced of your program

• Dear to bluff a little; your program will answer their questions

• Spot what everybody has to learn, helps you to focus

• Use flipchart/sheet - clarifies your message

• Let them learn something essential before first break

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Integrated and Planned Enforcement of Environmental LawPhare Twinning Project CZ03/IB/EN/01

BUILDING UP INTIMACY

• Let people do something – small exercise

• Switch on the humor button

• Set up of the room – make that everybody sees the others

• Build up group work (step by step)

• Let people react on each other

• Preserve mutual respect

• Stay in charge

• Be open about yourself