Week of September 3 - September 9: #3

I found it very useful to read about leadership and decision making in Chapter 3 of The Essential Guide to Group Communication. As we have started discussing our plans in the groups that Professor Perez has created for us, it is pretty obvious to me as to who the role of leader is in our group. I think it is great that people will take the initiative and try to bring the group together by scheduling a time for discussion, a time to meet and talk, etc. In the text, O'Hair and Wiemann talk about shared leadership. I think this is a hard thing to achieve because there is always one person who feels as if they are "in charge" and that nobody is as committed as they are. Shared leadership is the best form of leadership because everyone will be doing everything it takes to meet the same goal by encouraging and working with one another.