Who facilitates team members' activities to help teams achieve their goals?

• A. Team leaders
• B. Interpersonal Roles
• C. Non-managerial employees
• D. Functional manager

Answer: (A)

Guiding and enabling a group to work smoothly toward a shared objective is a leadership task focused on coordination, support, and direction. The person who does this effectively is the team leader, who organizes tasks, assigns responsibilities, keeps everyone aligned with the goals, communicates the plan, and helps remove obstacles so progress stays on track.

Interpersonal roles describe the kinds of interactions managers perform (like acting as a figurehead, leader, or liaison) rather than naming the person who facilitates the team’s work. Non-managerial employees are the team members who carry out tasks themselves, not the facilitator. A functional manager oversees a specific area of work and may influence how work gets done, but the daily coordination and facilitation of the entire team’s activities toward achieving goals is typically the team leader’s responsibility.