Teams:

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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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Hows 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, theres a very good chance theyll
  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