Thursday, 30 March 2017

8 Essential Elements of Team-Building

A team is more than just a group with a common aim. It is a group in which the contributions of individuals are seen as complementary. Collaboration, working together, is the keynote of a team activity. So certain essential elements are needed in a team in order for it to function effectively. These are:

1. Chairman

An individual who can control and coordinate the other team members, who recognises their talents but is not threatened by them, and who is concerned with what is feasible rather than what is exciting or imaginative.

2. Shaper

This is another leader role, but one in which the role-holder acts much more directly to shape the decisions and thinking of the team.

3. Innovator

This type of person provides the creative thinking in a team, even if a concern for good ideas overshadows his ability to be sensitive to other people's needs.

4. Monitor/Evaluator

The strength of this role lies in the holder's ability to analyse issues and suggestions objectively.

5. Company Worker

Whilst the first four roles provide the major inspiration and leadership, this role provides for implementation of ideas by the role-holders' ability to translate general ideas and plans into practice.

6. Team Worker

This role meets the needs of the team for cohesiveness and collaboration, for role-holders tend to be perceptive of people's needs and adept at supporting individuals.

7. Resource Investigator

A person in this role looks for resources and ideas outside the team with the aim of supporting the team's efforts.

8. Completer

This is an individual whose energies are directly primarily to the completion of the task, and who harnesses anxiety and concern towards getting the job done on time and to a high standard.

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