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GROUP PLANNING

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GROUP PLANNING

Planning to have a closed group is more beneficial than having an open group. The reason for opting to have a closed group is because all members can start and move simultaneously, and it allows all members to have unity in progression.

Group announcement:

GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT

CLOSED GROUP MEMBERSHIP

"The way to personal success is to be willing to help someone else attain it first."

Date: 8/7/2022

Time: 11am

Location: Classroom

We are looking forward to enrolling more member in our closed group. wiling participants should have:

• Good communication skills

• Be self-disciplined

• Be competent

• Be influential power

Let us seek to finding the best suits to our proposed team.

Yes, it is essential to have a co-leader. A co-leader helps share the leader's duties of the leader thus effectively executing the group's duties. With a co-leader, group members will have better chances to reach out to the co-leader when the leader is held up or is busy with some tasks. A co-leader also helps enhance the decision-making process as two leaders are more effective than one.

When choosing group members, it is essential to consider factors such as the ability to communicate, self-disciplined, competent members, and influential individuals. With this criterion in member selection, one is able to come up with the group for excellency. Members who easily communicate are easier to manage as there will be easy passing of messages and information. They will be able to communicate when concerns arise. Self-disciplined members will ensure that all group regulations are observed and respected. Competent members allow for the functionality and success of the group. Influential members will pose challenges in encouraging other members to execute their tasks to excellence. A screening tool is used to identify illness at early stages for adequate treatment. A screening tool that can be used to determine participants who should be in a group includes a set of screening questions that will identify the qualified participants and eliminate those not eligible. For instance, screening questions should be directed to the impacts and solutions to substance use among adolescents in a group dealing with substance use among adolescents.

Screening tool for group members

For each of the questions below circle the response that best describes how you feel about the statement. Given 1- strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3- Neither Agree or Disagree, 4- Agree and 5- strongly Agree

	strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Agree or Disagree	Agree	strongly Agree
Groups make me nervous	1	2	3	4	5
Groupwork is something I will never support	1	2	3	4	5
I will do best in groupwork than individual work	1	2	3	4	5
Groupwork enhances communication and self-discipline	1	2	3	4	5
Groups with more than 10 members are ineffective	1	2	3	4	5

References

Atlassian. (n.d.). The surprising benefits of Co-leadership | The Workstream.  https://www.atlassian.com/work-management/team-management-and-leadership/decision-making/co-leadership