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Action-Oriented Team Roles Explained

The document outlines 9 roles that people can fit into based on their orientation: action oriented roles like shapers and implementors who focus on tasks, thinking roles like plants and monitors who provide expertise, and social oriented roles like coordinators, team workers, and resource investigators who bring people together. Each role is described along with potential strengths and weaknesses.

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Action-Oriented Team Roles Explained

The document outlines 9 roles that people can fit into based on their orientation: action oriented roles like shapers and implementors who focus on tasks, thinking roles like plants and monitors who provide expertise, and social oriented roles like coordinators, team workers, and resource investigators who bring people together. Each role is described along with potential strengths and weaknesses.

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9 roles:

Action oriented roles: Action orientation roles focus on team improvement, putting ideas into action
and completing tasks.

Shapers, implementers and completer-finishers fit into this orientation

Shapers: Dynamic individuals who enjoy questioning norms. Thrives under pressure and courage to
overcome obstacles

Easily provoked and may offend others.

Implementor: Practical, reliable and efficient. Take colleagues idea an put it into action

Can be inflexible and closed minded at times

Thinking roles: Focus on providing technical expertise and analysis

Plants, monitor evaluators and specialist fit into this role

Plants: Creative Solutions and ideas. Problem-solving and free thinking

Might ignore incidentals and might be too pre-occupied to communicate properly

Social Oriented roles: Bring ideas and people together

Coordinators:

Asset, as they can clearly visualize goals. They make great leaders and are excellent with task
dedication and goal visualization.

Can be seen as manipulative and work shy, as they may offload their share of work

Team workers: Helps the team work smoothly as they dissolve conflicts. Cooperative, attentive,
perceptive and diplomatic.

Can be indecisive and tend to avoid confrontation

Resource Investigator: Outgoing and enthusiastic. Explore opportunities and develops contacts.
Might be overly optimistic and can lose interest quickly

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