role play on a leader
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The role of facilitator or moderator is to provide a process, in which the group is encouraged to discuss and work out their topics in the most satisfactory and productive way possible. The facilitator remains neutral about the content of the meeting, and has no stake in the decisions that are made. (S)he is completely concerned with the process, but not at all with the content. The facilitator’s responsibility is to ensure that there is good communication in the group and that all the members are satisfied with, and fully committed to the decisions made.
(S)he has to make sure that the goals set and the decisions made are not a product of the facilitator but of the group, so that they are really following their own ideas and not ideas from outside of the group.
The role of animators is to help a community or group discover and use all of its potential for creative and constructive team work.
An animator needs all of the skills of a facilitator, but (s)he also has a special responsibility to stimulate people:
- to think critically
- to identify problems
- to find new solutions
To do this (s)he may need codes to focus everyone’s attention immediately on the same problem, and a careful plan to help the group move progressively from one step to the next.
This is a process in which people can:
- share their concerns, informations and opinions
- set goals
- make decisions
- plan action
The animator needs to understand the different forces operating in a group. When the process gets stuck, (s)he needs to identify the problem. It may be a hidden conflict, a lack of information, a power struggle or some other group-related problem. The animator enables the group to understand this problem and deal with it constructively.