At different stages of your organization's life it will need different things. Also, the personal characteristics of its more influential members will affect the group. Which talents, assets, or characteristics are you looking for?
A. Potential leaders because without leadership nothing will be accomplished.
B. Individuals who will frequently remind other members never to let up because success is a long way off.
C. People who remind the members of the seriousness of their enterprise and prevent the group from becoming playful or seeing things as funny.
D. Those who communicate that they have the answers that the group needs, not something to learn.
Question 2
What does participation or involvement in an organization mean?
A. To be truly effective everyone in the organization needs to be involved at the same level.
B. Basically there are two levels of involvement in an organization: leadership and membership.
C. There are many levels involvement in an organization, and as long as they are participating, people pretty much stay at the same level of involvement.
D. There are up to six levels of involvement in an organization, and lower levels of involvement are where you may well find and develop future leaders.