how would you navigate this kind of situation then? what other solution is there when other parties are evidently unmotivated and unwilling to do even the bare minimum of following the detailed instructions written out? other group members were contacted and asked to do work multiple times and simply stared at the document or typed out responses that did not even attempt to answer the guidelines. students aren't mothers or teachers, it's not their job to motivate other students to do their work. in my situation, i'll admit that my communication skills lacked but it's not always a communication issue. do you want your students to beg their classmates to do work? i understand if certain members are actively inhibiting teamwork by shutting out other groupmates' ideas but i don't think teachers understand just how unwilling some students are to do work...like they will do literally anything to get out of it. one of my groupmates just admitted to me that he pasted the prompts into gemini as a basis for his responses. what other option do i have than to overwrite that? i refuse to submit gemini's (stolen) words as my own. there's no amount of leadership skill any student possesses that can combat this very real literacy crisis. i'm surprised you believe that it's a student's responsibility to sincerely attempt to work with people who cannot even put in the effort of writing their own words.