roles and responsibilities of team members © coleg
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Roles and Responsibilities of Team Members
© COLEG
Roles and Responsibilities
Task Performance Roles Maintenance Roles Blocking Roles
TPR - Initiator
Suggests new or different ideas for discussion or review
Proposes new or different approaches to problems
Helps motivate others to suggest imaginative or creative ideas
TPR – Opinion Giver
Makes pertinent comments about group roles or the task in hand
Considers other team members’ suggestions and offers opinions on them
Encourages others to suggest or give their own opinions through example
TPR - Elaborator
Builds on suggestions made by other people in the group
Helps other members to formulate ideas through a more detailed explanation
Encourages others to engage in group discussions through example
TPR - Clarifier
Provides relevant examples for others in the team
Provides rationales for group activities or group behaviours
Probes meaning and understanding of team activities or team behaviour
TPR - Tester
Raises relevant questions to ‘test’ opinions of the team
‘Tests’ whether the team is ready to reach decisions about problems or solutions
MR - Harmoniser
Mediates differences of opinion in the group
Reconciles different points of view Helps group members to reach
consensus
MR – Tension Reliever
Uses humour at appropriate stages in a productive way
Knows when a break in activities is appropriate
Helps group cohesion to develop
MR - Compromiser
Willing to see others’ point of view without stubbornly sticking to his/her own
Accepts decisions of others for the overall benefit of the group activity
MR - Encourager
Praises and supports other group members in their contribution to activities
Friendly and encouraging Helps group cohesion and motivation
within group
MR – Gate Keeper
Helps keep communication open Creates opportunities to encourage
participation by others in group activities Helps group cohesion to develop
BR - Aggressor
Deflates status of others within group Disagrees with others aggressively Criticises others in the group Demonstrates challenging and
threatening behaviour in a destructive way
BR - Blocker
Stubbornly disagrees with any suggestion made by others
Rejects others’ views consistently Cites unrelated personal experiences Resists any attempts to build group
cohesion
BR - Withdrawer
Will not participate Is a ‘wool gatherer’ Carries on private conversations within
the group Is a self-appointed taker of notes Wants to undertake activities by
him/herself
BR – Recognition Seeker
Attempts to demonstrate own importance by boasting
Constantly seeks attention Talks excessively Is overly conscious of own status
BR – Topic Jumper
Constantly changes the subject Prevents any attempt to deal with the
task in hand Displays evidence of a ‘grasshopper
mind’
BR - Dominator
Tries to take over the group Does not listen to others Tries to assert authority Tries to manipulate group
BR – Special Interest Player
Uses the time of the group to draw attention to own concerns
Wants to demonstrate that he/she is different from others in the group
Demonstrate no interest in the concerns of others
Has an ‘impressive’ quality of total self-absorption
BR - Gazer
Distracts others by an absorbing interest in his/her shoes or something outwith group activity
Participation level is high for gazing activity but low for everything else
Not to be confused with a ‘geyser’ who lies dormant then spouts forth without warning
TPR - Summariser
‘Draws together’ group discussion in relation to problems, decisions and solutions
Assists group to review group activity or behaviour at a a variety of stages
Reports concisely on the meaning and purposes of group activities and behaviour