Backseat Driving
Tips for a participant who wants to help refocus a floundering group.
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Don't challenge the formal leadership or contribute to "loss of face."
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Keep interventions deferring, unobtrusive, and generally posed to the entire
group.
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Possible questions:
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I'm feeling a little confused; help me remember our original goal.
I think that might help me.
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Could we consider other approaches to tackling this problem?
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This is interesting, but it feels like we're drifting off track.
As I remember, we started off discussing ____________.
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Is this decision still open for discussion?
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Do we know whose decision this is or should be?
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Are we voting this, or trying to reach an understanding and consensus?