How do I connect within groups through communication?

 A group is a number of people greater than three who interact over time, depend on each other, and follow shared rules of conduct.  These three or more must see themselves as interdependent on one another to formulate cohesion, the feeling of group identity.  This is also sometimes known as "groupthink".  Two challenges that group formation faces are the pressure to conform and the time needed for the group process.  Work coming from the group can be of lesser quality  when the focus is on time and conformity.  Though groups face these two hardships, there are also a number of benefits that arise from groups.  Greater resourcing is available, along with thoroughness, creativity, and commitment. Task communication, procedural communication, climate communication, and egocentric communication are all different ways in which a group functions to accomplish goals.  The type of communication used largely depends on the type of leadership the group is under.  An authoritarian leader would probably tend to lead the group in task communication, generating results quickly, being the least likely to give power to any other group members.  A democratic leader might lead the group in a procedural communication, using small group discussion, where there is more power given to group members, but the leader still helps guide the discussion and keep the group on track.  Lastly, a laissez-faire leader would most likely lead the group in climate communication, or a harmonizing brainstorm, where there is more power given to other members of the group, and the leader is less likely to use "power over".  The laissez-faire leader is hands-off and would merely help keep a healthy conversation going.  From this project, i learned that there are different ways to lead a group, but the best way is democratic, because of the efficiency and fairness involved.