When a Team is a Team

Take a look the people who think belong in your team at work. Do you know what makes a team or perhaps it’s a just a term that you used to group people. If you’re serious about getting a team together, it’s time you recognized what makes a team.

When a team meets to resolve a team problem, each team member contributes a different type of perspective to the discussion, and tries to achieve a different effect. One person may want to clarify the problem being discussed; another may suggest ideas for resolution; a third may try to analyze the situation and produce an explanation of how the problem came about.

Coaches produce agreement and harmony across the team, trying to create a positive team atmosphere and reach a consensus.

Crusaders produce a sense of priority, stressing those issues that have most importance so that discussions are focused on the most valuable topics

Explorers uncover new potential in situations and people and explore new areas and the possibilities that they present

Innovators produce a sense of imagination and contribute new and alternative perspectives and ideas

Sculptors bring things to fruition, producing action to address the most urgent matters, and using tools or techniques that they know (from experience) will work

Curators produce a clarification of ideas and information, producing a better knowledge and clearer picture of any situation

Conductors produce structure and introduce a logical organization into the way things are done

Scientists produce explanation of what is happening and the cause of problems, and generate models to demonstrate how things work

Each team role contributes different sets of soft skills showcased in the way the team interacts. Look into working out the contributions each one is making to the team, and you will see a real team forming before your very eyes.