A520.6.5.RB_Team Roles

Rules and boundaries are the first thing to be set when a group comes together.  This takes a lot of the questions out of the equation of how to interact with other members of the group. From this point it is possible to get to work effectively.  The group was chosen on abilities and attributes; so when the team becomes acquainted and familiar with the other members abilities and attributes they are in a position to take on tasks.
Task-facilitating roles come into play as soon as objectives are laid out.  These roles are accepted by task oriented members of the group by choice.  These members are inherently task-focused and are looking to be the first to be in the know.  They reach out to other members to familiarize themselves with the content, they ask probing questions, they give insight into their knowledge base, they process the information they are obtaining, test it, enforce it, and are able to summarize it.   They want to get the task done expediently and nothing but the understood facts will allow this to happen.  These roles can often be abrasive and require a counter part.
Relationship-building role bearers achieve their own victories; they gain consensus throughout the group to allow others to probe and bring more information to light, they feed each other with positive supportive feedback, and try to keep negative attitudes out of the lime light by confronting the issues seen as non-productive redirecting momentum towards solution resolution.  These group members are a glue to which remaining members will stick.  They give the members of the group the emotional return they require by empathizing and asking developmental questions "How can I help you?"
With both sides working together to achieve cohesiveness while attaining mile stones within projects, the end product will undoubtedly turn out better. Yen and Yang of team projects is a good way to describe this relationship, both roles have goals and  the abilities to accomplish goals but with added direction, a lot of the grey matter is taken from the scene without either side having ever focus on its presence.