Intervention Skills Process Consultation for Small Groups and Teams [Paperback]

Know how and when to intervene in a functioning group

Finally, a functional guide that focuses on putting the concept ofgroup-process consultation into actual practice! You'll learn howand under what circumstances a process consultant should interveneto make a group's work more effective. Plus, this guide shows youhow to help groups identify, diagnose, and resolve problems as theyoccur!Be an effective process consultant?this handbook helpsyou:
* Determine the appropriate type and depth of an intervention
* Realize the competencies required of the group-processconsultant
* View the role, future, and ethical considerations ofgroup-process consultation

You'll get many real-world examples of how to make critical groupconcepts work. And you'll get responses to commonly asked questionsfrom working group-process consultants. Intervention Skills is amuch-needed guide for the professional consultant, as well as auseful resource for anyone who plays a role in the workings of asmall group.

Find out why the first printing ot this classic sold out in twoweeks! Read this book and make your next group intervention morepotent and effective!Dedication.

Acknowledgments.

Foreword.

Introduction.

What is Group Process Orientation.

Task and Maintenance Processes: Key Concepts.

The Flow of Group Process Consultation: Phase I, Entry.

The Flow of Group Process Consultation: Phase II, WorkProper.

Types and Depth of Interventions.

Phases of Task-Group Development.

Group Process Consultant Competencies.

Group Process Consultation and the Organization.

Potpourri.

References.

Index.W. BRENDAN REDDY, Ph.D., is profesl#A