Specific Leadership Interventions

In this chapter, leadership interventions are described in the context of the Task-centered framework and Strengths perspective. The importance of Worker/Leader qualities, such as warmth, empathy, and genuineness, are explained. How a Worker/Leader discloses personal information, confronts a group member for incongruent behavior, uses humor, and explores group members’ lives all have implications for how groups function. In addition, Workers/Leaders must consider other interventions, including summarizing, managing time, supporting, role-playing, programming, clarifying, and modeling strategies to help the group work towards their goals.