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Team Member Styles:What notes are you playing?
Dianne Rees (based on the work of Glenn Parker in Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies for Developing Successful Collaboration)
communicatorcollaborator
challengercontributor
Do you know these people? Are they on your team?
contributor
responsible
authoritative
organized
high standards
I think we really need to focus…
Strengths
Less productive when…
There’s too much information.
I may not see the big picture..
I’m pushing my team mates too hard.
I’m too much of a perfectionist
collaborator
flexible
imaginative
forward-looking
goal-directed
So here’s the big picture….
Strengths
Less productive when…
I’ve overcommitted!
My focus is too global.
I haven’t reviewed the mission.
I don’t think about the needs of other team memberspitches in
communicator
supportive
enthusiastic
relaxed
considerate
What do you all think?
Strengths
Less productive when…
I won’t challenge you— I want us to get along!
I’m all about the process—goals may slip.
I may overuse humor.
I may seem manipulative or placating.tactful
challenger
questioning
thorough
outspoken
honest
Why are we doing this?
Strengths
Less productive when…
I don’t know when to back off.
I may push the team to take too many risks.
I can be self-righteous
I become too much of a nit-picker.adventurous
communicatorcollaborator
challengercontributor
It takes all four of these people to make a good team
communicatorcollaborator
challengercontributor
But people are complex…
communicatorcollaborator
challengercontributor
You may have more than one style…
The adaptable team member
Optimize your strengths and minimize the traits that make you less productive
The adaptable team member
Like how someone else works with others?
Borrow their behaviors!
It takes different instruments to make a great band! See diversity as the thing that makes your team shine
Reference:
Parker, G. M. (1996). Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies for Developing Successful Collaboration. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons.