Team Role Inventory

Below are sets of statements describing attitudes and personal preferences. Each statement has
eight choices. You have ten points to apportion among them. The more strongly you feel that a
particular response fits you, the higher the numbers you give it. As long as they add up to 10
per statement and 70 total, all scores here are 'good'. Try to avoid fractions.

1. When involved in a project with other people:

f. ___ I can be relied on to see that the work we need to do is organized.

h. ___ I detect slips and omissions that others fail to notice.
b. ___ I react strongly when meetings look like losing track of the main objective.
d. ___ I produce original suggestions.
e. ___ I analyze other people's ideas objectively for their merits and their flaws.
c. ___ I am keen to find out the latest ideas and developments.
a. ___ I have an aptitude for organising people.
g. ___ I am always ready to support good suggestions that help to resolve a problem.

2. In seeking satisfaction through my work:

b. ___ I like to have a strong influence on decisions.

h. ___ I am most comfortable when my work requires a high degree of concentration and attention.
g. ___ I am concerned to help colleagues with their problems.
e. ___ I like to discriminate between alternatives.
d. ___ I tend to have a creative approach to problem solving.
a. ___ I enjoy reconciling different points of view.
f. ___ I am more interested in practicalities than in new ideas.
c. ___ I particularly enjoy exploring different views and techniques.
3. When the team is trying to solve a particularly complex problem:

h. ___ I keep a watchful eye on areas where difficulties may arise.

c. ___ I explore ideas that may have a wider application than to the immediate task.
e. ___ I like to weigh up and thoroughly evaluate a range of suggestions before choosing.
a. ___ I can co-ordinate and productively use other people's abilities and talents.
f. ___ I maintain a steady, systematic approach, whatever the pressures.
d. ___ I often produce a new approach to a continuing problem.
b. ___ I am ready to make my personal views known, in a forceful way if necessary.
g. ___ I am ready to help wherever I can.

4. In carrying out my day-to-day work:

f. ___ I am keen to see that there is nothing vague about my task and objectives.
b. ___ I am not reluctant to emphasise my own point of view at meetings.
a. ___ I can work with all sorts of people, provided they have something worthwhile to contribute.
c. ___ I make a point of following up interesting ideas and people.
e. ___ I can usually find the argument to refute unsound propositions.
d. ___ I tend to see patterns where others would see items as unconnected.
h. ___ Being busy gives me real satisfaction.
g. ___ I am interested in getting to know people better.
5. If I am suddenly given a difficult task with limited time and unfamiliar people:

d. ___ I often find my imagination frustrated by working in a group.

a. ___ My personal skills are particularly appropriate to achieving agreement in the group.
e. ___ My feelings seldom interfere with my judgement.
f. ___ I strive to build up an effective structure.
g. ___ I can work with people who vary widely in their personal qualities and outlook.
b. ___ I feel it is sometimes worth incurring some temporary unpopularity to succeed in getting one's views
across in a group.

c. ___ I usually know the person whose specialist knowledge is particularly apt.
h. ___ I seem to develop a natural sense of urgency.

6. When suddenly asked to consider a new project:

c. ___ I start to look around for possible ideas and openings.

h. ___ I am concerned to finish and perfect current work before I start.
e. ___ I approach the problem in a carefully analytical way.
b. ___ I am able to assert myself to involve other people if necessary.
d. ___ I am able to take an independent and innovative look at most situations.
a. ___ I am happy to take the lead when action is required.
g. ___ I can respond positively to my colleagues and their initiatives.
f. ___ I find it hard to give of my best in a job where the goals are not clearly defined.
7. In contributing to group projects , in general:

f. ___ I think I have a talent for sorting out the concrete steps that need to be taken, given a broad brief.
e. ___ My considered judgement may take time, but it is usually near the mark.
c. ___ A broad range of personal contacts is important to my style of working.
h. ___ I have an eye for getting the details right.
b. ___ I try to make my mark in-group meetings.
d. ___ I can see how ideas and techniques can be used in new relationships and situations.
a. ___ I can see both sides of a problem and take a decision acceptable to all.
g. ___ I get on well with others and work hard for the team.
 Team Role Scoring Sheet.

Now put the scores for each letter in all the questions in the following table:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 TOTAL

Now add the scores for each letter, and put the totals in the boxes below:

a b c D e f g h

Team Role Inventory Scores Matrix