I also do what lax does: Hold to control F1-F4 to control individual characters if I need to get them back to in line if they dsync. I even try to transmog/dye them different colors so I can visually tell which character is off doing what, which helps in battle sometimes.

For force moving, instead of holding space and letting them run, I actually press spacebar and click to a specific point away from my characters. This way, movement speed isn't an issue. I do this specifically when leveling up, when I don't have movement speed maxed. This way, I don't have to worry about micromanaging movement speed as all the characters run to a specific point. It's slightly slower. But more mindless.