Team Roles at Work

ANVESHA

“Nobody is perfect,
NIMISH but a team can be”

MUNAF
How do you build a perfect team out of imperfect people?
The perfect individual could be described as:

Creative
Organised
Diplomatic Knowled
geable

Out-going

Motivating

Objective
Meticulous
 People at work have a…

• Functional Role • Team Role

– job title & function – that person’s
– experience & tendency to
behave, contribute
expertise
– not personal
& and inter-relate
characteristics or with others in a
aptitudes particular way
TEAM-ROLE CONTRIBUTION ALLOWABLE WEAKNESSES

PLANT:
Creative, Solves difficult problems Loses touch with everyday realities

RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR:
Enterprising, Quick to explore opportunities Weak in follow through

CO-ORDINATOR:
Makes good use of group activities Manipulative

SHAPER:
Driving and challenging Provocative, Aggressive

COMPLETER FINISHER:
Painstaking, Conscientious Anxious, Reluctant to delegate

TEAMWORKER:
Co-operative, Averts friction Indecisive

MONITOR EVALUATOR:
Discerning and Objective Uninspiring, Slow-moving

IMPLEMENTER:
Disciplined, Efficient, Practical Slow to see new possibilities

SPECIALIST:
Single-minded, Professionally Limited in Interests
dedicated
 Benefits of Team Role Theory

• Recognise
strengths
• More tolerance for
weaknesses
• A language to talk
about behaviour
 Action-oriented roles - SHAPER, IMPLEMENTER & COMPLETER FINISHER
People-oriented roles - CO-ORDINATOR, TEAMWORKER & RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR

Cerebral roles - PLANT, MONITOR EVALUATOR & SPECIALIST

TEAM ROLE OPPOSITES

MONITOR PLANT - CO-ORDINATOR -
EVALUATOR - theorises generalises
judges impartially
COMPLETER
FINISHER -
SHAPER - perfects established
drives systems

RESOURCE
INVESTIGATOR - TEAMWORKER -
recognises opportunities supports

SPECIALIST - specifies IMPLEMENTER - applies

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