This activity is important because employees take on different roles in team situations, and these roles can have a strong impact $0$ team effectiveness. Managers should be aware of what roles help or hurt teams, depending on the team task, and how they may facilitate positive team processes.

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of team roles by matching employee quotes to some of these type roles.

Read each employee statement and match it with the correct type of team role.

"Everyone is moving forward on this project without considering the time it will take. I think there may be real problems if we don't back up and analyze."

Team Task Role: Initiator$-$Contributor

Team Task Role:

Orienter

Team Task Role:

Devil's Advocate

Team$-$Building Role:

Gatekeeper$-$Expediter