All members really listen and try hard to understand. Members are guarded in discussions. Members evidence suspicion of one another's motives. Members avoid arguments, smooth over differences, suppress or avoid conflicts. Members are defensive about their ideas.
Members are able to give and receive help.
All members are involved, free to participate in any way they choose. The chairperson controls the subject matter and makes decisions. All members accept responsibility for productive discussion and decisions. Each member's knowledge, abilities, and experience are not utilized. Each member's knowledge, abilities, and experience are fully utilized.