Team Building Flashcards
What are the 5 roles in Salas’s big five?
Team Leadership, Mutual performance monitoring, Backup behaviour, Adaptability, Team Orientation
What does the team leadership (lion) do?
Define Goals, Organise resources, Diagnose issues and generate solutions
What does the mutual performance monitor (rhino) do?
Keep Track of team members work, Check things are running smoothly, keep up the synergy/ motivate
What does backup behaviour do?
Provide resources/effort to the task when needed, redistribute workload, compensate during high-stress periods
What does adaptability do?
Amends/Adjust actions as needed, adaptation needs to be focused and not random, also must take a ‘birds-eye’ view of the situation
What does Team orientation do?
has an affinity for working with others and enhances individual performance, willingness to accept feedback
What are the Tuckman stages of team development?
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning
What is the ‘Forming’ Stage?
Politeness, hesitance as the team acclimatises, establishing rapport and the task parameters
What is the ‘Storming’ Stage?
Hostility, Arguments, Conflict, rivalry for position/power change in the ‘pecking order’
What is the ‘Norming’ Stage?
Members accept the group, Group Boundaries established, sense of structure and goals emerge
What is the ‘Performing’ Stage?
Functional roles develop, relationships established, facilitates problem-solving and decision-making
What is the shaper?
» Driven, focused - keeps team moving; dynamic; thrives under pressure. Courageous. Faces
obstacles head-on.
» Challenging, provocative, at times insensitive, impatient and bad tempered.
The Implementor:
» Practical and reliable. Likes to generate a workable plan and implement it efficiently. Takes
action; a good organizer.
» Somewhat Inflexible and unresponsive to opportunities. Reluctant to relinquish their plans.
» The Completer-finisher:
Comes into their own at the end of tasks: polish and scrutinise the work for errors; high
standards. Painstaking, conscientious, anxious.
» Tends to worry; reluctant to delegate. Perfectionists.
The Plant:
A highly creative, imaginative, free-thinking, unconventional problem-solver and
ideas-generator
» Might be absent-minded and forgetful, ignore incidentals, and could communicate suboptimally due to preoccupation.
The Monitor-Evaluator:
Logical, impartial, dispassionate in considering options. Sober
and strategic.
» Might be uninspiring and might lack drive. Tends to be overly critical and slow to make
decisions.
The Specialist:
Contributes in-depth knowledge & skill in a key area; single-minded,
dedicated, driven.
» Contributes on a narrow front and can dwell on the technicalities; inclined to offer
information overload
Teamworker:
Facilitates team cohesion, versatile, identifies what needs to be done and
does it for the team. Co-operative, perceptive and diplomatic; a good listener and maintains
harmony.
» Can be indecisive under pressure; avoids confrontation and unpopular decisions.
Co-Ordinator:
Focuses on the team’s objectives, draws out team members and delegates
work appropriately. Mature and confident, identifies talent & clarifies goals.
» Can be manipulative and might over-delegate, leaving themselves minimal work load
Resource Investigator:
Inquisitive; brings ideas back to the team. Outgoing,
enthusiastic. Opportunistic networkers.
» Can be over-optimistic, and interest may wane. They may forget to follow through.
What are Salas’s 3 co-ordinating mechanisms?
Mutual Trust, Shared mental models, Closed loop communication
