Attitude and Skills Leaders should be caring, open minded, responsible, ethical individuals, with good interpersonal and communication skills . Leaders must be tolerant, non-judgemental and capable of helping members to seek out what is in their own best interest.
Confidentiality is a paramount concept of self-help groups.
The Leader has to let members know that confidentiality in group must be respected and uphold that rule. It is recommended to have two Leaders run a group. Co-leaders working as a team share the workload and can specialize in areas with their talents. The meeting place should be comfortable, accessible and close to public transit with adequate safe parking. Public buildings such as schools, churches, and libraries are frequently available at little or no cost.