What is your role? I know you are there to do a job, carry out a function, perform certain tasks, follow set procedures, and all that. But what is your role? This is a bit like setting a game plan. A game plan outlines what sort of working person you are going to be. A role is what sort of facilitator you will be. Will you be an ideas person? A moderator? A communicator? A diplomat? A task master? A motivator? Basically, your role is how you fit into the team—and yes, we are all team players; we have to be in this day and age.
Dr. Meredith Belbin has spent over 20 years researching the nature of team work to improve people’s strengths. He has identified nine distinct team roles:
• Plant—They are original thinkers; they generate new ideas; they offer solutions to problems; they think in radically different ways, laterally, imaginatively.
• Resource Investigator—They are creative; they like to take ideas and run with them; they are extroverted and popular.
• Coordinator—They are highly disciplined and controlled; they can focus on objectives; they unify a team.
• Shaper—They are very achievement orientated; they like to be challenged and to get results.
• Monitor Evaluator—They analyze and balance and weigh; they are calm and detached; they are objective thinkers.
• Team Worker—They are supportive and cooperative; they make good diplomats as they only want what is best for the team.
• Implementer—They have good organizational skills; they display common sense; they like to get the job done.
• Completer—They check details; they tidy up after them; they are painstakingly conscientious.
• Specialist—They are dedicated to acquiring a specialized skill; they are extremely professional; they have drive and dedication.
So which are you? What role do you play in the team? Are you happy with your role? Can you change it?
BASICALLY, YOUR ROLE IS HOW YOU FIT INTO THE TEAM—AND YES, WE ARE ALL TEAM PLAYERS; WE HAVE TO BE IN THIS DAY AND AGE
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