Army Family Team Building Level II

Team Dynamics

Team Roles
Role Characteristics Actions and Behaviors

• Starts the group working • Initiates action by proposing goals

Task
and tasks.
• Suggests directions
Helps the group • Develops plans for approaching the
• Offers information and
achieve its aims and task and sharing responsibilities;
opinions
goals helps group focus on task.
• Offers facts, opinions, ideas,
suggestions, and relevant
information.

• Listens actively • Welcomes others’ ideas while

Maintenance
expressing own; is receptive to
• Encourages
Helps the group to others’ ideas and gives verbal and
• Compromises and non-verbal feedback to the
remain focused and
harmonizes speaker.
harmonious
• Warmly encourages participation
from all group members, clearly
values and accepts contributions.
• Tries to reconcile disagreements
when opinions differ or conflict
arises.

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