<P> The Resource Investigator gives a team a rush of enthusiasm at the start of the project by vigorously pursuing contacts and opportunities . He or she is focused outside the team, and has a finger firmly on the pulse of the outside world . Where a Plant creates new ideas, a Resource Investigator will quite happily appropriate them from other companies or people . A good Resource Investigator is a maker of possibilities and an excellent networker, but has a tendency to lose momentum towards the end of a project and to forget to follow things up . </P> <P> A Co-ordinator is a likely candidate for the chairperson of a team, since they have a talent for stepping back to see the big picture . Co-ordinators are confident, stable and mature and because they recognise abilities in others, they are very good at delegating tasks to the right person for the job . The Co-ordinator clarifies decisions, helping everyone else focus on their tasks . Co-ordinators are sometimes perceived to be manipulative and will tend to delegate all work, leaving nothing but the delegating for them to do . </P> <P> The Shaper is a task - focused individual who pursues objectives with vigour and who is driven by tremendous energy and the need to achieve . For the Shaper, winning is the name of the game . The Shaper provides the necessary drive to ensure that the team is kept moving and does not lose focus or momentum . Shapers are people who challenge the team to improve . They are dynamic and usually extraverted people who enjoy stimulating others, questioning norms, and finding the best approaches for solving problems . The Shaper is the one who shakes things up to make sure that all possibilities are considered and that the team does not become complacent . Shapers could risk becoming aggressive and bad - humoured in their attempts to get things done . Shapers often see obstacles as exciting challenges and they tend to have the courage to push on when others feel like quitting . </P> <P> Monitor Evaluators are fair and logical observers and judges of what is going on in the team . Since they are good at detaching themselves from bias, they are often the ones to see all available options with the greatest clarity and impartiality . They take a broad view when problem - solving, and by moving slowly and analytically, will almost always come to the right decision . However, they can become very critical, damping enthusiasm for anything without logical grounds, and they have a hard time inspiring themselves or others to be passionate about their work . </P>

In teams one of the roles of the task specialist is to