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ACTIVITY 12.1

Exploring Team Roles

Learning skills: clarifying expectations, identifying assumptions, checking perceptions

WHY

Communication and collaboration skills are essential for success in almost any work environment. Teams
function most effectively when each member not only understands his or her role in the team, but the
purpose of other team roles as well. Communication within the team and among team members is a critical
element of successful collaboration And, is it the rare team project that does not include sharing the end
product of collaborative work with others.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Identify and then select team roles which will help your team efficiently explore collaboration.
2. Work as a collaborative team to prepare a presentation.
3. Gain a better understanding of the Communication Methodology and how it can be used to develop

proficiency with the process of communicating.
4. Learn to assess a team’s effectiveness against roles and performance criteria.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Criterion #1: the quality of the team presentation
Attributes:
a. clarifies team roles and their appropriate context
b. shows evidence of creative thinking and team collaboration
c. has strong organization and delivery

Criterion #2: the reports about your team’s performance
Attributes:
a. each member completes an SII assessment that includes at least two strengths, two areas for
improvement, and one insight
b. team synthesizes individual SII assessments in the Team Assessment Form

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