0 Teams: Roles of Group Members. 1 What is a team? Two or more people ……….

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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

• 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 non-productive 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