Your Role on a Team

There are many different roles that team members play.
Often you will play more than one role.

• Leader: sets agendas, facilitates meetings, monitors progress
• Initiator: suggests new ideas
• Recorder: records ideas
• Skeptic: looks for potential flaws in ideas
• Optimist: tries to maintain a positive outlook and direction
• Timekeeper: tracks time spent on topics in meeting
• Gate Keeper: ensures that each member provided input on each issue
• Summarizer: summarizes a list of options, tasks, or meeting results.