QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REALITIES OF POWER
1. Who has power in this group? What kind?
2. How much power do I have?
3. How much do our perceptions of power in the group agree? Do those people know they have it?
4. Do some people think they have more than they do?
5. How are decisions made in the group? Who has the power to make them?
6. How is information shared in the group? What information is private who keeps it, how is it made available to others?
7. What skills, knowledge, or experience do I have that can benefit the group?
8. How much of it can I share?
9. What's stopping me?
10. What response do I get? How does it make me feel?
11. What use are we making of each other as resources in the group? Are we squandering our gifts? What might we do differently?
12. What to people need to bring more of their strengths to the group? How can we create the atmosphere that brings them forth?
13. Who do we respect in the group? Do we abdicate power to those people? If so, how?
14. In what ways do we comply, withdraw, manipulate, or rebel?
15. Is this group really safe?
16. What expectations exist in the group? Are they clear?
17. How does someone gain power or respect in this group?
18. If this group is hierarchical, what controls, laws, rules or other factors limit the use of power? Are they effective? If not, can we make them more so?
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