Catalyst in the Crowd

Imagine you and your friends decide to participate in a marathon, the Bay to Breakers, dressed as a 20-foot-long hot […]

Most existing resources focus on group leaders or facilitators, but effective group work is ultimately the responsibility of every member.

In this blog series, we’ll use a “spiral” approach, revisiting each stage multiple times to explore specific behaviors and tasks.

Our journey starts with Bruce Tuckman’s classic framework of group development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and later Adjourning. These stages

What if you could walk into any group—work, project, or otherwise—and help it succeed, no matter its current state? That’s

The effectiveness of a group isn’t solely the responsibility of its leaders or the organization. As a group member, you

Collaborative work thrives when all group members are engaged in meaningful ways. Coordinated effort and shared purpose emerge not from

Too often, we think successful groups are the result of sheer luck or an exceptional leader. In reality, group effectiveness

We’ve all been there: sitting through yet another work meeting that feels boring, frustrating, or completely unproductive. It’s easy to