Most of these came directly from Group work at the Center for Alternative Education (Boston) as experienced in the early mid 1980’s during the schools operation.
The last, ‘The 7 Habits’, come from William Glasser’s work around Choice Theory which was seen to have been informative toward the curriculum and practices at C.A.E.
No Put-Downs
One Person Has the Floor at a Time
One Person Speaks at a Time
Own The Issues
Clarity of Dynamic
Clarity of Communication
Flexibility in Moderation
The 7 Habits
‘Support’
Hints: Your group may or may not want to collectively agree or enact all or even many of these. Or to do so in exactly the way(s) these are outlined here. This is something for each group to discuss and decide.
As much as possible, however, either these or a set of practices like them, is recommended to have at least some facility with, whether explicitly agreed to or put into action. Having these available to fall back on it is believed will very likely increase your group’s sense of transactional security within itself and between members and may increase your groups resilience in the face of organizational and/or personal challenges.