shaper

Traits: Anxious, dominant, extrovert


"Some observers of teams in action have suggested that a team needs a ‘social leader’, who is the permanent head of the group, and a separate ‘task leader’, who is in charge of a specific and defined project - much in the way that a nation needs both a Head of State, who is permanent, and a Head of Government, with a specific job to do. If so, the Shaper is the task leader and the Coordinator is the social leader. The Shaper is the most likely to be the actual leader of the team in those cases where there is no Coordinator, or where the Coordinator is not, in fact, the leader.
The Shaper is full of nervous energy; he/she is outgoing and emotional, impulsive and impatient, sometimes edgy and easily frustrated. They are quick to challenge, and quick to respond to a challenge (which they enjoy and welcome). They often have rows, but they are quickly over and they do not harbor grudges. Of all the team, they are the most prone to paranoia, quick to sense a slight and the first to feel that there is a conspiracy afoot, and they are the object, or the victim, of it.
The principal function of the Shaper is to give shape to the application of the team’s efforts, often supplying more of their own personal input than the Coordinator does. They are always looking for a pattern to discussions, and trying to unite ideas, objectives and practical considerations into a single feasible project, which they seek to push forward urgently to decision and action.
The Shaper exudes self-confidence, which often belies strong self-doubts. Only results can reassure them. Their drive, which has a compulsive quality, is always directed at their objectives. They are usually the team’s objectives too, but then the Shaper, much more than the Coordinator, sees the team as an extension of their ego. They want action and they want it now. They are personally competitive, intolerant of vagueness, and muddled thinking; people outside the team are likely to describe them as arrogant and abrasive. Even people inside the team are in danger of being steamrollered by them on occasion, and they can make the team uncomfortable; but they make things happen."

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