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Working in Groups
Becoming a Team Player
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John C. Maxwell
“Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
(2002, p. 10)
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Today’s Objectives
1. To analyze what it takes to be a team member
2. To identify various ways group members contribute
3. To evaluate different forms of groups or teams
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What are characteristics you look for in a team member?
Work in small groups to come up with a list of 5 characteristics.
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Small Group Discussion
• Are these characteristics realistic, or easy to find?
• What makes these characteristics more important than others?
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Two Types of Competencies
Technical Skills/Abilities– Minimal
requirement– Knowledge,
skills & abilities related to team objective
– Must know to be able to do well
Personal Characteristics– Qualities, skills
& abilities necessary for issue resolution
– Allow people to function as a team
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7 Predictors of a Successful Team Member
• Intellectual Ability
• Results Orientation
• Interpersonal Skills
• Team Orientation
• Planning and Organizing
• Maturity• Presence
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Fitting in Naturally
• Benefits of team member roles
• Types of team member roles
• Characteristics of team member roles
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Benefits
• Increased involvement when natural roles are used
• Proactive in identifying where conflict may occur
• Use as a framework in discussing group processes
• Gain insight into groupissues
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Diagnosing Group Member Roles
1. Task Roles
2. Maintenance Roles
3. Individual Roles
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Task Roles
• Focused on task
• Wants to carry the work forward
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Task Roles
• Initiator• Critic• Volunteer• Recorder
• Informer• Summarizer• Reality Tester• Opinion
Seeker
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Maintenance Roles
• Focused on team cohesion
• Wants to make sure that all team members are “OK”
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Maintenance Roles
• Supporter-Elaborator
• Go-Between/Gatekeeper
• Process Observer
• Harmonizer
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Individual Roles
•Focused only on themselves
•Likes to be center of attention
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Individual Roles
• Recognition Seeker
• Dominator• Blocker
• Playboy/girl• Anecdoter• Special
Interest Pleader
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What happens to problem members?
• Silent• Talker• Wanderer
• Bored• Arguer• Sidetracker
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What type of team am I on?
3 Basic Types
1. Problem Resolution2. Creative3. Tactical
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Problem Resolution
• Rely on trust
• Characteristics:– Intelligent– “Street Smart”– Sensitive to interpersonal needs– High degree of integrity
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Creative
• Autonomy a must
• Characteristics:– Intelligent, but must be able to
abandon normative thinking– Self-starters– High degree of confidence and
tenacity
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Tactical
• Rely on Clarity
• Characteristics:– Highly responsive– Action-oriented/sense of urgency– Enjoy and desire a strong team
identification– Strong sense of commitment
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Most Common Types of Teams
• Cross-functional project groups
• Average number of 15.4 – modal team size is 5
• In existence for 1 to 2 years
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Defining Success
Productivity– This is getting to
goal achievement.
– What else?• Output=team
goal• Timeliness• Effectiveness• Team
output=measurable accomplishment
Cohesion– Sticking together– Processes keeping
team members together
– Working well– Needs satisfied– Enhanced
capacity
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Criteria Continued
Learning– Growth &
development of team members
– Opportunities to develop new skills
– Challenging
Integration– Does the
organization benefit from the team?
• Serving the organization’s larger goal
– Understanding other team’s goals
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Review Questions
• What are two ways to characterize a competent team member?
• Why are group roles important?
• What kinds of teams exist and how do you know if they’re successful?
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Activity
• Zero Sum?