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[NT] What role do you usually play in group?

What role are you usually in a meeting , group activity?


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yenom

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In a group meeting or organized activity, what do you usually play as?
 

Such Irony

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The information provider.
 
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figsfiggyfigs

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Well, when I come in, I usually sit there, silently, for the first 30 minutes, listen to people/give their ideas, nod, and write down what they say; basically, just allowing them to voice their opinions and ideas.

Then I take over.


Nothing I hate more than an extroverted whore and a sweet talker during group meetings. The only thing that can redeem them is their actual work output.
 

Xenon

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I used to be the silent one in grade school, but I've gotten a lot better with that as an adult. Now I'm often the information giver, occasional critic (pointing out flaws or potential problems), and I can be the organizer and planner if no one else steps up to do it.
 

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I am either the leader or the lone wolf, depending on how engaged I am.
 

Spamtar

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(Causally) I chose the mediator because I like harmony with the group. However I don't like group harmony so much that I will risk my individual harmony too much or too often. Thus either lazy mediator or other. Probably Tag-along would be a closer description.

In more formal group meetings (i.e. work/business related). I would say that I am either a brainstormer or instigator/rebel.
 

Mephistopheles

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If I know much about the topic, information provider. If not, I simply listen to the others and try to identify logical errors & point them out. In both cases, I additionally make lame jokes all the time.
 

King sns

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If there is no other good leader, I usually am the leader in the end. (This is the case about 60 percent of the time.) If there is a good leader, I am the rule abider. I just do what I'm told. If there's a bad leader, I'm the silent one, I'd rather let the boat sink than try to push someone out of their spot. I'd rather not do anything at all rather than get caught up in the drama of having a bad leader. Usually when I'm in a leadership role in a group I let others share all their ideas with me and then come up with a fuzzy big picture. I then delegate a bunch of tasks (based on everyone's strengths) to be brought to and regathered by me. I give everyone a rough outline of what I think we should do. (With openness to ideas for changing the plan.) I then keep reorganizing and delegating tasks until the project looks good.

Only big complaints I've gotten is that people were nervous because they weren't sure what the whole project was going to look like in the end, or complaints about the time crunch. (Don't let a P lead then! It was your waiting around for a leader that brought a P to the position on the first place and got us in a time crunch! :D)

Edit: In work meetings. I am "The Sleeper".... "The Dunkin Donuts drinker" ... or "The Socializer" (Smiling and waving around at people or cracking the occasional joke in the middle of the meeting.) Meetings are so stupid though. Don't even get me started about meetings.
 

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My role changes depending on the group.

- If the group is unstable, I'm the Stabilizer.
- If the group is rather straight-laced, I play Comic Relief (goofy or dry humor).
- If the group is stuck in a rut, I'm the Brainstormer/Catalyst.
- If the group is way too positive and/or uncritical, I'm a Boat-Rocker.
- If the group is too accommodating and thus vulnerable, I'm the Protector against any wolves that wander in.

And if all of these roles are filled and otherwise I don't serve a good purpose, I just vanish.
 

Amethyst

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Information giver/challenger, usually.

It varies, like shortandsweet said, depending on whose in the group. I can turn into the silent one very quickly if I'm apathetic about what we're meeting about or there's no point in trying to get things moving the right direction because everyone I'm with is ignorant or stubborn.
 

lunalum

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The silent but crazy one ;)

with a bit of critic/challenger

edit: oh, as far as formal meetings go, I'm usually quiet too but sometimes I'll critique, challenge, or mediate things, and I'll take the lead if no one else is doing so (or if the project/subject of the meeting is about something awesome that I know about)
 

rav3n

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Depends. Can't mix all these types of interactions together and are too lazy to define every single situation since it would take a novel to do so.
 

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I am usually the silent one, but when I am in the mood, I can play the devil's advocate.
 

entropie

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I am very independant and have my own rythm, I am usually not very good in groups. If the group is intrested in me and activates me to talk, it doesnt take long and I will have made myself the center of attention and have all eyes on me. Therefore I usually try to stay cool and calm.

In work situations I am quick and like to utilize everyone around me and coordinate things. I am a quick learner what is possibly my greatest strength and does help me to get along with nearly every new task.

I am a bad leader tho, I take too long to decide and I cant remember very well. Maybe that will change with more experience.
 
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