Teams:
Roles of Group
Members
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What is a team?
Two or more people ……….
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Teams
• Can be large (30) like the
district leadership team
• Can be small (3) like the
club membership committee
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Teams
• Can be short term like an
event committee
• Can be long term like a
standing committee for
Public Relations
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Team Definition
“A team is a group of people
working toward a common goal.”
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Successful Teams
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Work together toward common goals
Perceive relevance of the group tasks
Mutual respect for members
Diversity of member skills/experience
Individual communication style
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Group Dynamics: Roles
people play in groups
• Constructive Roles
• Supportive Roles
• Non - productive Roles
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Constructive Roles
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Constructive Roles
• Information or opinion seeker
• Information or opinion giver
• Clarifier
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Constructive Roles (Cont.)
• Initiator – proposes ideas, processes and
direction
• Elaborator – develops concepts more fully
• Orienter – familiarizes group with new
ideas, or a new group member
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Constructive roles (Cont.)
• Summarizer – summarizes actions
and points out departure from goals
Brings group back to priority issues
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Constructive roles (Cont.)
• Evaluator – Compares the
accomplishments of the group to
standards
Questions the practicality, the logic or
the facts.
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Supportive Roles
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Supportive Roles
• Harmonizer – Mediates differences among
members, resolves disagreements and
relieves tension of conflicts
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Supportive Roles
• Compromiser or mediator – Proposes
possible solutions
• Encourager – encourages others to
continue to be involved.
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Supportive Roles
• Supporter – praises everyone
• Gatekeeper – keeps communication
channels open
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Non-productive Roles
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Non-productive Roles
• Aggression
• Blocking
• Self confessing
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Non-productive Roles (Cont.)
• Competing
• Recognition seeking
• Special pleading
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Non-productive Roles (Cont.)
• Clowning
• Seeking sympathy
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Non-productive Roles (Cont.)
• Withdrawing
• Degrading
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How’s your Team?
• Do team members play constructive task
roles?
• Do team members play supportive group
maintenance roles?
• Do you have any members playing nonproductive roles?
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Assess your Team
Activity: Assessment handout
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Correct answers?
• There are many correct answers
The correct answer for your group is the
combination of roles that are needed to
accomplish the team goals and work
together harmoniously.
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Summary
Roles members play in groups can be:
• Constructive - focused on accomplishing
the task
• Supportive - focused on improving how the
group works together
• Negative (non-productive) - focused on
personal needs
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Group Dynamics: Roles
• Are dynamic, interactive between group
members
• Are flexible, members will play more than
one role and may change due to situation
• Are necessary for effective communication
and achieving goals
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Conclusion
When people come together as a team,
share a dream, and focus on reaching
their goals together, there’s a very good
chance they’ll accomplish what they set
out to do!
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Quote
Never underestimate the ability of a
small group of committed individuals
to change the world. Indeed, they are
the only ones who ever have.
Margaret Mead, anthropologist, scientist,
and author
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