getting things done

To play a part in getting things done within a group, a member should be able to do some of the following things:

• Information seeking: asking for clarification or suggestions
• Information giving: offering facts
• Opinion sharing: stating beliefs and attitudes
• Orienting: defining the position of the group in relation to goals
• Initiating: suggesting new ideas and/or raising questions
• Summarizing: briefly stating the group's decisions or beliefs
• Integrating: examining ideas or opinions and showing their relationship to each other