Team Roles Help Team Focus

What are team roles?

The Team Doc Says…

Team roles are positions within the team which require specific action to fulfill the team mission requirements. These are different from work roles. Some common areas where team roles typically come into play are:

Meetings
Common roles are recorder, gatekeeper, member, facilitator, scribe, timekeeper, librarian.

Administration
Common roles are scheduler, reporter.

Training
A common role is coordinator.

Technical
Common roles are primary, secondary, shadow, mentor.

Communication
Common roles are coordinator, liaison.

Focal Point
A common role is team leader.

In each of these areas, you could have one team member who performs several roles or a role for each team member. They are primarily used to make sure that the team maintains necessary focus on important team issues. It truly is up to the team, their mission and dynamics when it comes to deciding what roles are necessary.

Best regards,

Denise O’Berry
aka ‘Team Doc’