Roles and Responsibilities

Purpose

• To support team members in articulating their specific roles and responsibilities with respect to the policy team and its work;
• To encourage team members to articulate the expectations they hold of one another; and
• To identify the leadership attributes and characteristics team members feel are needed to support the team’s performance. This is a parent page to host the various roles across the Empower team and each role's respective responsibilities.

Teams function most efficiently when members share a common understanding of each others’ roles and responsibilities. When roles and responsibilities are clearly defined, team members are more productive. There is less duplication of effort; less confusion, disappointment, and frustration; and greater productivity. When roles and responsibilities are clearly defined, team members look beyond their own individual positions and learn to understand, respect, and value the unique contributions of one another, and they recognize that the overall success of the team is a function of shared responsibility and ownership.