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Getting Together: A Guide for Good Groups is unavailable, but you can change that!

Em Griffin describes three kinds of groups (task groups, relationship groups, and influence groups) and explores their dynamics.

In good groups, people know where they fit. They occupy a comfortable niche. That doesn’t mean they’re complacent—just that they and everybody concerned know what to expect from them. This meshing doesn’t always come fast or easy. Often folks are in a state of flux as a group forms. “What am I doing here?” “Who’s this guy? What does he do?” “Where do I fit in?” “How do I proceed?” It’s the uncertainty that’s so wearing. Often people will seem bored when a group starts. Don’t be taken in by the apparent