Team Roles can help you understand your roles on a team, along with your team's makeup, imbalances, and what each individual role plays. Teammates are good listeners, smooth over conflict, and are the glue for team cohesion.
Overview
Teammates are key team members for creating a culture and sense of belonging on the team. They provide an environment where everyone feels known and cared for. Teammates are often able to find common ground and help the team bounce back from conflict.
Strengths
Cooperative, perceptive, and diplomatic.
Listens and averts friction
Flexible and supportive.
Helps the team to get and complete the work required.
Positioning
Teammates shine when situations are tense and people feel uncared for and unappreciated.
Giving a Teammate a bigger role in the team can help improve morale.
Development Opportunities
Teammates may want to avoid confrontation with others on the team but confronting underlying issues to resolve differences is a key part of building strong relationships with those they are working with.
When making a decision that has the possibility of being unpopular, focus on the greater good rather than individual reactions.
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