For example, a consultant was asked to process a group’s actions during a three hour meeting that had been taped. The tapes revealed that premature rejection of a suggestion had severely retarded the group’s process. After one member’s suggestion at the beginning of the meeting was quickly rejected by the manager, he repeated his suggestion several times in the next hour. Each time his suggestion was rejected quickly. During the second hour, this member became quite negative, opposing most of the other ideas offered. Finally, toward the end of the second hour, he brought up his proposal again. At that time, it was thoroughly discussed and then rejected for reasons that the member accepted.