Without a legitimate means of comparing their experience and any problems they may be having with anyone else's experience, people can quickly feel fearful and inadequate. In order to create change, individuals, whether staff or faculty, need reality checks and they need them frequently and without penalty. It is easy to underestimate how much our work affects others. Schedule regular debriefings to discuss successes, problems, and next steps. Don't wait till something goes wrong to bring people together.
Separate dialogue processes from decision-making processes.
Set up small peer learning or support groups or a buddy system so that no one is working without a safe person or group with which to share ideas or problems. Be sure that these support groups have a way to feed information back to the larger group so problems can be addressed systemically. Set milestones so that all involved can be acknowledged for their successes. Breaking a large process into smaller milestones can make the whole thing less overwhelming. Some people do prefer to work in isolation.