500 Questionnaire Items Measuring Teamwork
Teamwork skills are crucial for businesses because they enable a group of individuals to communicate and work well collaboratively towards a common goal. The main components of teamwork skills include:
- Communication Skills Exchanging information between team members is critical for coordinating actions and efforts.
- Listening Skills Dialog is necessary for
- Interpersonal Skills Guide employees towards better performance by providing instruction, encouragement, and constructive criticism to help individuals improve their skills and achieve their goals.
- Collaboration Recognizing and rewarding employees for their hard work and achievements is crucial. This can be in the form of bonuses, promotions, or even verbal recognition, which can motivate and reinforce desired behaviors.
- Teamwork and Team Building Regular performance feedback is essential for growth and improvement. It should be specific, timely, and relevant, allowing employees to understand what they are doing well and where they need to improve.
- Performance Management Setting goals, monitoring progress, and evaluating outcomes. A continuous process that involves monitoring and reviewing an employee's work objectives and contribution to the department/organization.
- Self-Control Supervisors must also exhibit self-control, managing their own emotions and actions, setting a good example for others, and maintaining a professional demeanor.
Teamwork skills contribute to a business's success by enabling employees to achieve more, overcome obstacles, and drive the company towards its goals. Good teamwork fosters a productive, efficient, and harmonious work environment.
360-Degree Feedback Questionnaires Measuring Teamwork:
Survey 1 (4-point scale; Competency Comments)
Survey 2 (4-point scale; Competency Comments)
Survey 3 (5-point scale; Competency Comments)
Survey 4 (5-point scale; radio buttons)
Survey 5 (4-point scale; words)
Survey 6 (4-point scale; words)
Survey 7 (5-point scale; competency comments; N/A)
Survey 8 (3-point scale; Agree/Disagree words; N/A)
Survey 9 (3-point scale; Strength/Development; N/A)
Survey 10 (Comment boxes only)
Survey 11 (Single rating per competency)
Survey 12 (Slide-bar scale)
360-Degree Feedback Questionnaire Items
The Supervisory Skills competency in a 360-Degree Feedback assessment includes items measuring the ability to hold employees accountable, delegate work/tasks, coach others, provide feedback, reward, recognize, and manage performance.
Definition: Teamwork Skills are the wide range of abilities that facilitate working together as a team including: communication, listening, interpersonal skills, collaboration, and team building. To make decisions, teams require flexibility to coordinate activities of multiple individuals. Individual contributors to the team can serve as role models for other team members. Some teams have a specified leader to help supervise or coach other team members.
Communication
- Encourages open communication
- Communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected.
- Willingly share their technical expertise
- Encourages others to share ideas to develop team cohesion
- Seeks and listens to other's contributions
- Communicates well with team members.
- Promotes open communication on the team.
- Supports open communication between team members.
- Shares pertinent information with all members of the team.
- Builds consensus and shares relevant information.
- Shares relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members
- Solicits and implements ideas from all appropriate team members and uses these ideas to help accomplish market goals
- Actively and openly and effectively participates in group meetings as a team member and listens to others' contributions.
- Discusses with team about issues and the effects of those issues.
Listening
- Listens and is attentive to other team members.
- Is able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said.
- Fosters an environment that promotes active listening on the team.
- Encourages dialog between team members.
- Focuses on understanding the other team member's message.
- Makes eye contact when listening to colleagues.
- Takes the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives.
- Listens to the opinions of other team members.
- Listens carefully to other team members.
- Listens to other team members without interrupting them.
- Takes the time to listen to the team's ideas.
- Willing to listen to the ideas of other team members.
- Asks other team members to share their opinions.
Interpersonal
- Relates to all kinds of people tactfully
- Demonstrates compassion and respect for others through actions; is concerned about their work and non-work issues
- Demonstrates an understanding of other team member's viewpoints.
- Appreciates the input from other team members.
- Facilitates good rapport between team members.
- Expresses appreciation for the work of other team members.
- Treats other team members with respect.
- Demonstrates a willingness to work with the team.
- Builds strong relationships with team members.
- Establishes good rapport with team members.
- Gives constructive advice to other team members.
- Shows respect for other team members.
- Builds a strong rapport with team members.
- Able to work closely other team members who are considered to be difficult to work with.
- Relates to all kinds of people tactfully, from shop floor to executives
Collaboration
- Creates a culture that fosters and values collaboration.
- Works cooperatively with others to solve problems.
- Encourages collaboration with other departments.
- Applies knowledge of team behavior to help achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- Works with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process.
- Joins with other team members to brainstorm solutions to the problem.
- Shares resources and information with the team.
- Works with other team members to achieve objectives.
- Works well with other team members.
- Helps other team members to research solutions to a problem.
- Works with other team members on the project.
- Works to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
- Promotes open participation and communication within department and throughout the organization.
- Encourages, promotes and rewards collaboration for improved performance
- Encourages collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results.
Teamwork and Team Building
- Fosters teamwork rather than individual competition
- Builds relationships across boundaries and with key stakeholders by developing informal and formal networks.
- Provides assistance and support to other team members when needed
- Encourages teamwork and collaboration.
- Emphasizes the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- Regularly attends team meetings.
- Creates a climate that encourages team participation.
- Promotes a team spirit within and outside department; partners with other groups.
- Partners with people from other work units to improve overall performance
- Facilitates conflict resolution discussions between individuals in different teams
- Provides coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers
- Provides coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for market core team and district managers
- Translate team-building theories into usable tools and techniques appropriate for team members' needs
- Facilitates team-building within the leadership team
- Provides coaching and team-building opportunities for area core team and Divisional team
Decision Making
- Facilitates team discussions and problem-solving
- Contributes to and supports team decision-making process
- Helps the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions.
- Facilitates effective decision-making practices to further develop the team.
- Helps the team decide what long term goals need to be met.
- Helps the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- Makes decisions that support the team's goals and objectives.
- Makes decisions that positively impact team performance.
- Considers the impact and implications of decisions on the team.
- Helps the team exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions.
- Helps the team make effective business decisions by ensuring the correctness of Company's reports/resources.
- Facilitates the development of team/unit work standards
Flexibility
- Encourages other team members to adopt new procedures.
- Is open to new ideas that may change own goals for benefit of the team
- Facilitates effective teamwork during periods of change.
- Helps the team to bounce back from obstacles.
- Helps the team bounce back from obstacles to progress.
- Adjusts to changes in the composition of the team.
- Open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members.
- Helps identify new opportunities for the team to explore.
- Is open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- Able to adjust to new ways of working on the team.
- Can handle changes made by the team without complaining.
Role Model
- Actively participates as a team member
- Acts as an effective team player
- Actively participates in the work of teams; seeks and listens to others' contributions
- Comes across as a reliable, committed team member
- Effective team player
- Actively and openly participates in team meetings.
- Is committed to the success of the team.
- Committed to the successful completion of team goals.
- Helps other managers in need of assistance, such as providing needed resources (co-workers, supplies, etc.)
- Models excellent team behavior; recognizes "out-of-bounds" behavior and addresses as appropriate.
- Works effectively with all departments, district and area staff, and R&D
- Uses a system to document team members' motivators and uses this tool to inspire team to produce great results
Rewards and Recognition
- Recognizes and respects the contributions and needs of each individual.
- Lets team members know when they have done well.
- Finds opportunities to recognize and reward team members.
- Recognizes contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments.
- Creates and implements team reward and recognition programs
- Recognizes the contributions of the team.
Coaching and Supervision
- Coaches team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Coaches team members to work toward a common goal.
- Identifies and resolves conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness
- Coaches team members
- Creates opportunities to learn with other team members
- Ensures that the right people are on the team in the appropriate roles, including who should be team leader for a particular project/situation.
- Promotes organizational growth by stressing personal and team responsibility for learning and performance
- Performs co-worker assessments with equal amounts of constructive and positive documented feedback
- Provides direct feedback to team members on behavior that is negatively impacting the team's effectiveness
Fair
- Carries his/her share of the workload
- Fosters respect and understanding among team members
- Shares credit for accomplishments with team members
- Makes sure each team member participates in the task.
- Creates teams that have diverse membership (e.g., gender, race, location, business, function etc.) to ensure multiple viewpoints are considered.
Employee Opinion Survey Items
Supervisory skills are invaluable assets to any organization, driving performance, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that the department/team efforts are aligned with the organization's vision and goals.
Definition: Teamwork Skills are the wide range of abilities that facilitate working together as a team including: communication, listening, interpersonal skills, collaboration, and team building. To make decisions, teams require flexibility to coordinate activities of multiple individuals. Individual contributors to the team can serve as role models for other team members. Some teams have a specified leader to help supervise or coach other team members.
Communication
- Our team fosters open communication
- The team leader solicits and implements ideas from all appropriate team members and uses these ideas to help accomplish market goals
- Our team encourages open communication
- Our supervisor communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected
- The team leader seeks and listens to other's contributions
- Team members willingly share their technical expertise
- Our team builds consensus and shares relevant information.
- Employees communicate well with team members
- Team members share pertinent information with all members of the team
- Colleagues share relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members
- The team leader encourages others to share ideas to develop team cohesion
- Our supervisor promotes open communication on the team
- The team leader discusses with team about issues and the effects of those issues
- Colleagues actively and openly participates in group meetings as team members and listen to others' contributions.
- The environment in our team is one that supports open communication between team members
- The manager communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected
- Information is freely shared among all team members
Listening
- Team members listen to each other without interrupting
- My co-workers focus on understanding the other team member's message
- Our team fosters an environment that promotes active listening
- I listen carefully to other team members
- Our team encourages collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results
- We listen and is attentive to other team members
- Team members are able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what others have said
- Team members demonstrate an understanding of other member's viewpoints
- The team leader encourages dialog between team members
- Team members take the time to listen to the ideas
- Team members are asked to share their opinions
- Colleagues are willing to listen to the ideas of other team members
- The members of our team listen to the opinions of others
- The team leader takes the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives
Interpersonal Skills
- Team members demonstrate compassion and respect for others through actions
- The supervisor shows respect for other team members
- My supervisor establishes good rapport with team members
- People demonstrate a willingness to work with the team
- My coworkers appreciate the input from other team members
- Team members treat each other with respect
- Our team is able to relates to all kinds of people tactfully
- Our team environment facilitates good rapport between team members
- Our team leader builds a strong rapport with team members
- The team leader expresses appreciation for the work of other team members
- Our leader gives constructive advice to other team members
- There are strong relationships between team members
- The people on our team are easy to work with
Collaboration
- Employees in this Company work well together.
- I work well with the other team members
- Our team works cooperatively with others to solve problems
- The people in my team cooperate to get the work done
- Team members work well together to achieve objectives
- Team members work well with each other on the project
- The supervisor encourages teamwork and collaboration
- The supervisor works with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process
- Our team creates a culture that fosters and values collaboration
- Colleagues are willing to help other team members to research solutions to a problem
- My department encourages collaboration with other departments
- Our team works together to brainstorm solutions to the problem
- People in this organization work well across departments.
- We cooperate and work together to effectively achieve organizational objectives
- We work well together
- Team members are working toward a common goal
Teamwork and Team Building
- The team promotes open participation and communication
- My manager encourages, promotes and rewards teamwork and collaboration for improved performance
- Team members share resources and information with each other
- The team leader facilitates conflict resolution discussions between individuals
- My manager emphasizes the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- Our supervisor promotes a team spirit within and outside department; partners with other work groups
- Team members work cooperatively with each other to solve problems
- The team leader provides assistance and support to other team members when needed
- Our team has an environment that fosters teamwork rather than individual competition
- My team lead provides coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers
- I partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance
- Our team creates an atmosphere that encourages team participation
- My supervisor facilitates team-building within the leadership team
Teamwork at the Company
- Teamwork is positively impacting our business results.
- At this company, work groups cooperate with each other to minimize unnecessary work.
- I believe that all the divisions in the company interact and work together to achieve a common goal
- We work as a team at the Company
- I believe that all the departments in the company interact and work together to achieve a common goal.
- Supervisors, managers, and leaders across units speak with one voice on policies, procedures, and implementing decisions.
- The Company promotes teamwork
- Employees exhibit teamwork and cooperation in this organization.
- The Company implements procedures that help us work as a team
- The organizational culture at the Company enhances teamwork
Inclusive
- We prioritize equity and actively work to remove barriers, creating equal opportunities for everyone to thrive.
- Our team values diverse perspectives and ensures every member's voice is heard and respected.
- Every team member is encouraged to contribute their unique skills and experiences to achieve shared goals.
- We foster an environment where differences are celebrated, and collaboration is built on mutual understanding.
- Our team fosters open communication and recognizes individual contributions
- Teamwork helps to take advantage of the resources that individuals bring to the Company
- Our team recognizes individual contributions
- Team members accept the uniqueness and diversity of others in the team
Decision Making
- My team makes effective business decisions
- The team lead facilitates team discussions and problem-solving
- Team members makes decisions that support the goals and objectives
- I am able to help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty
- Our team is able to make decisions that positively impact performance
- Our team embraces the individuality of each member, building strength through diversity and unity.
- The team facilitates effective decision-making practices to further develop the project
- My supervisor considers the impact and implications of decisions on the team
- The team is able to exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions
- The team is able to effectively balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions
- The team lead contributes to and supports team decision-making process
- I am involved in decisions that impact the team
- Team members are held accountable for decisions made
Flexibility
- The department is open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the re-organization team
- The team is open to new ideas that may change for the benefit
- The leadership team helps identify new opportunities for the department to explore
- We can handle changes made by the team without complaining
- Our team is effective in adjusting to changes in the composition of the team
- The team leader encourages other team members to adopt new procedures
- My supervisor facilitates effective teamwork during periods of change
- Our team is able to adjust to new ways of working
- The team leader is able to help the team to bounce back from obstacles
- Team members work together to help bounce back from obstacles
- The team overall is open to the perspectives/viewpoints of team members
Conflict Resolution
- Employees work together to share ideas and resolve issues
- Conflicts within the team are resolved appropriately
Co-Workers
- Other team members will help me if I need help
- I have a good relationship with my co-workers.
- I feel responsible for contributing towards collective results across the organization.
- I feel confident in my team members
- I feel I am part of the team
Commitment
- Team members are committed to the success of the mission
- Team members take pride in their work
- Our team is committed to successful completion of goals
- Team members are committed to the success of the Company
My Department
- My Department works well together
- My Department has a "team" spirit
- Employees in my department work well together.
- "Team" is the best description of how my co-workers and I function.
- In my Department, we work as a team
My Manager
- Leaders promote teamwork
- My Manager is effective in building and maintaining working relationships with his/her team
- Leaders encourage others to work as a team
- My Manager is effective in involving his/her staff in solving the problems we face as a unit
Self-Assessment Items
Communication
- You encourage open communication
- You willingly share your technical expertise
- You seek and listen to other's contributions
- You communicate a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected.
- You encourage others to share ideas to develop team cohesion
- You communicate well with team members.
- You share pertinent information with all members of the team.
- You support open communication between team members.
- You promote open communication on the team.
- You build consensus and share relevant information.
- You discuss with team about issues and the effects of those issues.
- You solicit and implement ideas from all appropriate team members and uses these ideas to help accomplish market goals
- You actively and openly and effectively participates in group meetings as a team member and listen to others' contributions.
- You share relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members
Listening
- I listen carefully to other team members.
- I listen to other team members without interrupting them.
- I focus on understanding the other team member's message.
- I ask other team members to share their opinions.
- You encourage dialog between team members.
- I listen and am attentive to other team members.
- I am able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said.
- I took the time to listen to the team's ideas.
- You listen to the opinions of other team members.
- You make eye contact when listening to colleagues.
- I am willing to listen to the ideas of other team members.
- You foster an environment that promotes active listening on the team.
- You take the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives.
Interpersonal
- You relate to all kinds of people tactfully
- You demonstrate compassion and respect for others through actions; is concerned about their work and non-work issues
- You show respect for other team members.
- You appreciate the input from other team members.
- You demonstrate an understanding of other team member's viewpoints.
- You demonstrate a willingness to work with the team.
- I facilitate good rapport between team members.
- I am able to work closely other team members who are considered to be difficult to work with.
- I treat other team members with respect.
- I build strong relationships with team members.
- I build a strong rapport with team members.
- I express appreciation for the work of other team members.
- You give constructive advice to other team members.
- I establish good rapport with team members.
- You relate to all kinds of people tactfully, from shop floor to executives
Collaboration
- You create a culture that fosters and values collaboration.
- You work cooperatively with others to solve problems.
- You encourage collaboration with other departments.
- You apply knowledge of team behavior to help achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- I work with other team members to achieve objectives.
- You share resources and information with the team.
- You join with other team members to brainstorm solutions to the problem.
- I work with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process.
- I work with other team members on the project.
- I work well with other team members.
- I help other team members to research solutions to a problem.
- You promote open participation and communication within department and throughout the organization.
- You encourage collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results.
- You encourages, promotes and reward collaboration for improved performance
- You work to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
Teamwork and Team Building
- You foster teamwork rather than individual competition
- You encourage teamwork and collaboration.
- You build relationships across boundaries and with key stakeholders by developing informal and formal networks.
- You provide assistance and support to other team members when needed
- You emphasize the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- I regularly attend team meetings.
- You create a climate that encourages team participation.
- You promote a team spirit within and outside department; partners with other groups.
- You partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance
- You translate team-building theories into usable tools and techniques appropriate for team members' needs
- You provide coaching and team-building opportunities for area core team and Divisional team
- You facilitate team-building within the leadership team
- You provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers
- You facilitate conflict resolution discussions between individuals in different teams
- You provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for market core team and district managers
Decision Making
- You facilitate team discussions and problem-solving
- You contribute to and supports team decision-making process
- I help the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions.
- I help the team exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions.
- I help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- I facilitate effective decision-making practices to further develop the team.
- You help the team decide what long term goals need to be met.
- I make decisions that positively impact team performance.
- I help the team make effective business decisions by ensuring the correctness of Company's reports/resources.
- I make decisions that support the team's goals and objectives.
- I consider the impact and implications of decisions on the team.
- You facilitate the development of team/unit work standards
Flexibility
- I encourage other team members to adopt new procedures.
- You are open to new ideas that may change own goals for benefit of the team
- I facilitate effective teamwork during periods of change.
- You are able to adjust to changes in the composition of the team.
- I help the team to bounce back from obstacles.
- I help the team bounce back from obstacles to progress.
- You help identify new opportunities for the team to explore.
- I am open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- I am open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members.
- I am able to adjust to new ways of working on the team.
- You can handle changes made by the team without complaining.
Role Model
- You act as an effective team player
- You actively participates as a team member
- You actively participates in the work of teams; seek and listen to others' contributions
- You come across as a reliable, committed team member
- You are an effective team player
- You actively and openly participates in team meetings.
- I am committed to the success of the team.
- I am committed to the successful completion of team goals.
- You model excellent team behavior; recognize "out-of-bounds" behavior and addresses as appropriate.
- You use a system to document team members' motivators and uses this tool to inspire team to produce great results
- You work effectively with all departments, district and area staff, and R&D
- You help other managers in need of assistance, such as providing needed resources (co-workers, supplies, etc.)
Rewards and Recognition
- You recognize and respects the contributions and needs of each individual.
- You let team members know when they have done well.
- I find opportunities to recognize and reward team members.
- You recognize the contributions of the team.
- You create and implement team reward and recognition programs
- You recognize contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments.
Coaching and Supervision
- You identify and resolves conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness
- You coach team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- You coach team members to work toward a common goal.
- You create opportunities to learn with other team members
- You coach team members
- You ensure that the right people are on the team in the appropriate roles, including who should be team leader for a particular project/situation.
- You provide direct feedback to team members on behavior that is negatively impacting the team's effectiveness
- You promote organizational growth by stressing personal and team responsibility for learning and performance
- You perform co-worker assessments with equal amounts of constructive and positive documented feedback
Fair
- You carry your share of the workload
- You foster respect and understanding among team members
- You share credit for accomplishments with team members
- I make sure each team member participates in the task.
- You create teams that have diverse membership (e.g., gender, race, location, business, function etc.) to ensure multiple viewpoints are considered.
Job Interview Questions
Communication
- What does it mean to communicate well with team members?
- What are examples of discussions you had with your team about issues and the effects of those issues?
- Sometimes people are reluctant to speak up. How do you solicit ideas from all team members?
- How would you communicate to coworkers that teamwork and collaboration are expected?
- What are examples of how you shared pertinent information with all members of the team?
- What are examples of how you share relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members?
- Tell me about a time when you had to promote/encourage open communication on the team?
- It is important for team members to be open to ideas from others. How do you encourage team members to seek and listen to contributions from others?
- How would you support open communication between team members? Have you ever had to encourage team members to be more open in their communication?
- Listening to other people is important. Describe situations in which you actively and openly participated in group meetings as a team member and listened to others' contributions.
- Sharing information is an important part of working together. How do you build consensus and share relevant information as a team member?
Listening
- If on a team where the members are not listening to each other, how would you foster an environment that promotes active listening on the team?
- How do you help others to be willing to listen to the ideas of team members?
- Listening is an important part of effective communication.
How do you encourage dialog between team members?
- What would you say to guide other team members to listen without interrupting others?
- Describe a time when you approached other team members to get them to share their opinions.
- How would you encourage other team members to listen to the opinions of others?
- Can you give an example of how you would paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said?
- Describe how you would encourage coworkers to take the time to listen to the team's ideas? What would you say to them?
- Give an example of how you encourage other team members to listen and be attentive to others.
Interpersonal
- Give an example of how you demonstrated compassion and respect for others through actions.
- Describe a time you had to work closely other team members who were considered to be difficult to work with.
- What are examples that shows you have respect for other team members?
- How have you established good rapport with team members?
- What do you do to enable you to relate to all kinds of people tactfully?
- Describe how you appreciated the input from other team members.
- Were there any teams that you found difficult to be on? How would you demonstrate a willingness to work with the team?
- Respecting others helps get things done. Describe how you treat other team members with respect.
- Give a few examples of how you have facilitated good rapport between team members.
- Describe when you gave constructive advice to other team members.
- Interpersonal relations between team members is important.
How do you build strong relationships with team members?
- How do you build a strong rapport with team members?
- Give examples of how you relate to all kinds of people tactfully, from shop floor to executives?
- How have you expressed appreciation for the work of other team members?
Collaboration
- Collaboration is a key to getting work done on a team. How do you create a culture that fosters and values collaboration?
- How do you encourage, promote and reward collaboration for improved performance?
- Have you ever had to help other team members to research solutions to a problem? If so, please elaborate.
- How do you work well with other team members?
- Tell me about a time when you worked cooperatively with others to solve problems.
- Give an example of how you promoted open participation and communication within department.
- Describe how you have had to join with other team members to brainstorm solutions to a problem.
- What would you do to encourage collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results?
- Describe how you would share resources and information with the team.
- Departments may sometimes compete for the same limited pool of resources. How do you encourage collaboration with other departments?
- Give an example of how you worked to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
- How have you had to work with other team members on a project?
Teamwork and Team Building
- Provide an example of how you promoted a team spirit within and outside department.
- Have you had to facilitate conflict resolution discussions between individuals in different teams?
- How would you create an environment that fosters teamwork rather than individual competition?
- How do you create a climate that encourages team participation?
- Describe how you would encourage teamwork and collaboration.
- Can you provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for market core team and district managers?
- How do you emphasize the importance of getting individuals to work as a team?
- Have you ever facilitated team-building within a leadership team?
- Do you provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers?
- Did you provides coaching and team-building opportunities for area core team and Divisional team?
- How would you partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance?
- Have you had to provide assistance and support to other team members when needed? If so, how?
Decision Making
- Describe how you would help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- How did you contribute to and supports team decision-making processes?
- Did you facilitate team discussions and problem-solving?
- How have you facilitated effective decision-making practices to further develop the team?
- How have you had to consider the impact and implications of decisions on the team?
- Give an example of how you made decisions that supported the team's goals and objectives.
- Have you ever had to help the team make effective business decisions?
- Have you ever had to help the team decide what long term goals need to be met?
- How do you help the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions?
- Describe how you would make decisions that positively impact team performance.
- Describe how you have had to facilitate the development of team/unit work standards.
- How did you help the team exercise good judgment and make sound and informed decisions?
Flexibility
- How have you had to help identify new opportunities for the team to explore?
- Describe how you are able to adjust to new ways of working on the team.
- How would you encourage others to be open to new ideas that may change for benefit of the team?
- How do you facilitate adjustments that may be needed to accommodate changes in the composition of the team?
- Have you ever had to help the team to bounce back from an obstacle?
- Describe how you helped the team bounce back from obstacles.
- Describe how you are open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- Have you ever had to encourage other team members to adopt new procedures?
- How do you encourage team members to handle changes without complaining?
- Can you describe a time when you were open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members?
- Have you facilitated effective teamwork during periods of change?
Role Model
- How are you an effective team player?
- How would you encourage others to acts as an effective team player?
- How do you actively participate as a team member?
- Can you work effectively with all departments, district and area staff, and R&D? Describe how.
- Have you ever actively participated in work teams? Please elaborate.
- How have you had to model excellent team behavior; recognizes "out-of-bounds" behavior and addresses as appropriate?
- Do you come across as a reliable, committed team member? If so, describe how?
- Describe how you are committed to the success of the team.
- How would you help other managers in need of assistance, such as providing needed resources (co-workers, supplies, etc)?
- How do you encourage others to be active and openly participate in team meetings?
- How are you committed to the successful completion of team goals?
Rewards and Recognition
- How do you recognize contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments?
- How do you let team members know when they have done well?
- Have you had an opportunity to create and implement team reward and recognition programs?
- How would you recognize the contributions of the team?
- Describe how you recognize and respect the contributions and needs of each individual.
- Have you found opportunities to recognize and reward team members?
Coaching and Supervision
- Did you ever coach team members to work toward a common goal?
- How do you ensure that the right people are on the team in the appropriate roles, including who should be team leader for a particular project/situation?
- Describe how you would promote organizational growth by stressing personal and team responsibility for learning and performance.
- Have you had to coach team members?
- How would you provide direct feedback to team members on behavior that is negatively impacting the team's effectiveness.
- Did you create opportunities to learn with other team members?
- Describe how you would coach the team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- How do you identify and resolve conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness?
Fair
- How do you foster respect and understanding among team members?
- How would you create teams that have diverse membership (e.g., gender, race, location, business, function etc.)?
- How do you make sure each team member participates in the task?
- How would you share credit for accomplishments with team members?