Encountering Group Problems

Describe a situation where the group encountered problems working together. What was done to resolve this problem? What should have been done to encourage better facilitation among group members?

I used to be a member of a downtown business group that was designed to facilitate community events to draw people to the area. We were meeting to determine the schedule of events for the year and found out the hard way that not everyone was in it for the same purpose. The group could not come to a decision on a schedule of events because certain members of the group wanted specific types of events that would benefit their business. The, unfortunate, resolution was that the executive team met without all the board members and decided on a schedule because it needed to get done ASAP.

What should have happened could not have because there was no leadership for the group. The board president did not want the position but did it because no one else would. Due to this fact they did not engage the group and lead the decisions. The leader should have been more proactive on making sure the decisions were made within the time frame necessary. For the members who were part of the group there needed to be a greater commitment to do what was best for the community and group as a whole regardless of their personal interests.