The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Conflict Management Tools

Chapter 2.7. Current Status: A Feedback Activity on Trust

Robert N. Glenn

Goals

• To examine unexpressed feelings of trust or distrust within an ongoing group and to clarify the reasons for these feelings.

• To increase feelings of trust within the group.

• To promote self-disclosure and risk taking.

• To provide a basis for subsequent assessment of group trust.

Group Size

Eight to twelve members.

Time Required

Approximately one and one-half hours.

Materials

• A Current Status Inventory and a pencil for each participant.

• A clipboard or other portable writing surface for each participant.

Physical Setting

A room large enough for participants to work privately.

Process

1. After approximately one-half hour of group interaction, the facilitator introduces the activity. He or ...