Interpersonal

Group Dynamics

• Group Development:
  • Understanding the culture, norms, practices, and behaviors specific to an organization
  • Implementing strategies to assist groups in developing a sense of shared purpose,
    commitment, trust, and effectiveness

• Collaboration: Implementing strategies to achieve a common objective through the sharing of ideas
  and distribution of responsibilities across group members

• Communication: Understanding strategies to effectively and persuasively communicate with others

• Conflict Management:
  • Engaging difference through respectful dialogue and a commitment to hearing
    other’s perspectives
  • Developing strategies to effectively manage disagreements, balancing the needs and interests of
    all involved, and finding common ground
• Commitment to the Growth of People:
  • Exemplifying a commitment to the growth of each person in a group or organization
  • Sharing knowledge, abilities, and experiences to help develop the capacities of others in an effort
    to maintain the productivity and legacy of an organization
• Interdependence: Valuing the relational aspects of leadership resulting in an awareness of the
  interconnectedness with others

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, and cultural competence

• Diversity: Acknowledging, accepting, and valuing difference including intersectional identities
• Inclusion:
  • Active consideration and inclusion of diverse opinions, experiences, and outlooks
  • Inviting individuals to share perspectives, and contribute to a cause or task
  • Providing individualized strategies that promotes a sense of belonging for each group member
• Social Perspective-Taking: Suspending one’s frame of reference to see the world through
  others’ perspectives