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Build A Great Team!

The Big Idea

The job of managing a team — from hiring, selecting, training, building, and keeping enthusiasm up constantly — finally becomes a bit easier with these helpful guidelines. This book covers everything from basic motivating, to how to handle people during a crisis. Straightforwardness, a firm resolve, and a huge dose of diplomacy are just some of the things a manager needs to lead and keep the team working like a well-oiled machine. Even the most difficult situation — like sacking a team member is played out here, so you know exactly what you’re supposed to do. This is a real team how-to manual that is a quick and easy read!

Chapter One: The Team Functions
The 9 Team Roles

The Plant

Every team has a highly creative, intelligent Plant. This is your ideas person. They prefer to work independently, and are sometimes difficult to work with because they are inherently introverted. Putting too many Plants together may be unproductive because they will all try to compete against each other as to who has the best idea. A Plant may not willingly take on the proposal of another Plant.

The Resource Investigator

Your resource investigator is the person who has all the right contacts needed for a project. They can build effectively on another person’s idea, and needs stimulus from other people. They love pressure and operate well in a crisis. They are relaxed and gregarious in nature.

The Coordinator

Born with a natural inclination to focus properly on the objectives of the team, the coordinator knows how to communicate effectively. She may have a natural air of authority, and the team members have a genuine respect for her. Coordinators are usually more emotionally mature than the other team members, and are able to extract the skills needed from different team members. Coordinators can easily articulate the collective viewpoint of the team, and while they may not be as creative or intelligent as the others, they do have a strong sense of discipline and control.

The Shaper

A highly-strung high-energy individual, the Shaper is always jumping into action and easily sees the need for urgency. Coordinators may have to put a brake on them and see that Shapers don’t hurt others’ feelings in their impatience to get things done.

The Monitor Evaluator

These are objective thinkers. They do not conclude without first studying the whole document in detail, and tend to be unemotional and less enthusiastic. They can analyze large quantities of data and draw up a careful assessment of the material. They will go over it in a very thorough manner. . . . . . .