Long description of Co-ordinator character.

The Co-ordinator may not be the leader of the team, nevertheless, it is team leadership that this type of person is best fitted for.

This type of person will preside over the team and coordinates its efforts to meet external goals and targets. They are distinguished by their preoccupation with objectives. You would expect this type of person to be at least normally intelligent, but not in any sense brilliant, and not an outstanding creative thinker: it is rare for any of the good ideas to originate with this type of person, they are much more remarkable for used to be called character: their approach is disciplined, and is found on self-discipline. They often has what is called charisma, but is perhaps easier of think of it as authority. This type of person is dominant but in a relaxed and unassertive way - they are not domineering. This type of person have an instinct to trust people unless there is very strong evidence that they are untrustworthy, and this type of person is singularly free from jealousy.

This type of person sees most clearly which member of the team is strong or weak in each area of the team's function, and they focus people on what they do best. They are conscious of the need to use the team's combined human resources as effectively as possible. This means they are the one who establishes the roles and work-boundaries of the others and also who sees gaps and takes steps to fill them.

This type of person talks easily and is easy to talk to; a good comminicator in the two-way sense, neither a compulsive talker nor someone of few words, but certainly a good listener.

It is the Co-ordinator who clarifies the group's objectives and sets its agenda; they select the problems for the team's consideration and establishes priorities, but does not attempt to dominate the discussion. Their own contributions are more likely to take the form of questions than assertions or proposals. They listen, sums up the group feeling and articulates group verdicts, and if a decision has to be taken, they take it firmly after everyone has had their say.

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