About Controlling the Group A group exists for a purpose. Controlling Group Performance is a close companion of the competency Setting the Example. Following instructions with little or no supervision. Trying his hardest. Showing a positive attitude.
Control is most often an overt behavior of the leader.
There are specific actions a leader can take to exert influence over a group. The leader in a group deploys the people in his patrol in a manner to promote control, breaking up destructive cliques, to encourage greater participation, etc. He stands at certain times to maintain or assert control. The overt leader may not be the only individual exercising control. Group members, knowing the group's purpose, may correct one another.