ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a systematic account of the conductor's different but concordant roles as convenor, therapist and group member. It explores each of the three role functions as a separate set of leadership responsibilities. The chapter also explores the coherence of these functions in a single and integrated leadership role. It addresses the group in the conductor whose own undeclared dynamics will inevitably come to life and be reflected to them by the group. As therapist the conductor is responsible for promoting discourse, for moving the group from relational through reflective to the reparative dimensions and for helping the group with the location of disturbance in this process. The convening functions of the conductor and their responsibility for dynamic administration will vary dramatically between one setting and another and between different group populations. The chapter begins with the definition of a group's goals, the recruitment of its members and the establishment of its setting, venue and timetable.
