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Team Role |
Team Role Contribution |
Allowable Weaknesses |
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Plant |
Creative, imaginative, unorthodox.
Solves difficult problems.
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Ignores incidentals.
Too preoccupied with own thoughts to communicate effectively.
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Resource Investigator |
Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative.
Explores opportunities. Develops contacts.
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Over-optimistic.
Can lose interest once initial enthusiasm has passed.
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Co-ordinator |
Mature, confident. Clarifies goals.
Brings other people together to promote team discussions.
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Can be seen as manipulative.
Offloads personal work.
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Shaper |
Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure.
Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles.
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Prone to provocation.
Liable to offend others.
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Monitor Evaluator |
Serious minded, strategic and discerning.
Sees all options. Judges accurately.
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Can lack drive and ability to inspire others.
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Teamworker |
Co-operative, mild, perceptive and diplomatic.
Listens, builds, averts friction.
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Indecisive in crunch situations.
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Implementer |
Disciplined, reliable, conservative in habits.
A capacity for taking practical steps and actions.
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Somewhat inflexible.
Slow to respond to new possibilities.
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Completer Finisher |
Painstaking, conscientious, anxious.
Searches out errors and omissions. Delivers on time.
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Inclined to worry unduly.
Reluctant to let others into own job.
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Specialist |
Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated.
Provides knowledge and skills in rare supply.
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Contributes on only a limited front.
Dwells on specialised personal interests.
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