Leadership and Authority
A process consultant needs to understand processes of leadership and how different leadership styles can help or hinder a group’s functioning. In addition, the Consultant can help the leader adjust her or his style to fit the situation. An important step in that process is for the leader to gain a better understanding of her or his own behavior and the group’s reaction to that behavior. It also is important that the leader become aware of alternative behaviors. For example, after gaining a better understanding of her or his assumptions about human behavior, the leader may do a better job of testing and perhaps changing those assumptions.