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M.
Winding Up A Group
M.5.
Creating the Process - A Flowchart
Each
of the following is a separate track, running in parallel at different
stages, and in appropriate proportions, towards the group's informal or
official dissolution.
View
the Flowchart
M.6.
Capturing Moods & Transforming Modes in Closure
There
are some naturally dominant moods or issues during closure that can be
transformed into positive energies.
| Mood |
Transforming
Moods |
| 1. Personal
connection to the group, to togetherness and their anticipated loss |
Exploring,
recognizing personal growth, experience, skills; acknowledged potential
and dreams/wishlist for future; good wishes as gifts, alumni friendship,
being significant, giving and taking in the future. |
| 2. Uncertainty
about the future, lack of security |
As #1 and
#4. |
| 3. The group
and its shared life as personal and group "property", even
disputed property |
Identification
of the sum of collective property, identification of collective and
personal growth, separation/integration of collective and personal
in what each and all gave/received; replication of property for the
participants, in order to create division with dividend. |
| 4. Loss and
Grief |
Preparation
for change (flashback/flash forward wishlists or dreams),
while empowering adjustment through management (see gifts,
alumni) and through problem solving; reinforcing self-image
(achievements, inventories). |
| 5. Finality,
disintegration |
Affirmation
of achievement in a professional or action group (not a disaster,
but...; declaring a "job well done"; passing an official
resolution);
Highlight celebration/ceremony, with pathos, for certification/closure/parting/end
of service/ acknowledgement or credit. |
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