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
- Willingly share their technical expertise
- Seeks and listens to other's contributions
- Communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected.
- Encourages others to share ideas to develop team cohesion
- Communicates well with team members.
- Shares pertinent information with all members of the team.
- Supports open communication between team members.
- Promotes open communication on the team.
- Builds consensus and shares relevant information.
- Solicits and implements ideas from all appropriate team members and uses these ideas to help accomplish market goals
- Shares relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members
- 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
- Takes the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives.
- Willing to listen to the ideas of other team members.
- Listens and is attentive to other team members.
- Listens to the opinions of other team members.
- Fosters an environment that promotes active listening on the team.
- Focuses on understanding the other team member's message.
- Asks other team members to share their opinions.
- Is able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said.
- Listens to other team members without interrupting them.
- Encourages dialog between team members.
- Listens carefully to other team members.
- Takes the time to listen to the team's ideas.
- Makes eye contact when listening to colleagues.
Interpersonal
- Demonstrates compassion and respect for others through actions; is concerned about their work and non-work issues
- Relates to all kinds of people tactfully
- Builds strong relationships with team members.
- Treats other team members with respect.
- Able to work closely other team members who are considered to be difficult to work with.
- Establishes good rapport with team members.
- Demonstrates a willingness to work with the team.
- Gives constructive advice to other team members.
- Facilitates good rapport between team members.
- Shows respect for other team members.
- Appreciates the input from other team members.
- Expresses appreciation for the work of other team members.
- Builds a strong rapport with team members.
- Demonstrates an understanding of other team member's viewpoints.
- Relates to all kinds of people tactfully, from shop floor to executives
Collaboration
- Creates a culture that fosters and values collaboration.
- Encourages collaboration with other departments.
- Works cooperatively with others to solve problems.
- Applies knowledge of team behavior to help achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- Works with other team members to achieve objectives.
- Helps other team members to research solutions to a problem.
- Joins with other team members to brainstorm solutions to the problem.
- Works well with other team members.
- Works with other team members on the project.
- Works with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process.
- Shares resources and information with the team.
- Promotes open participation and communication within department and throughout the organization.
- Encourages, promotes and rewards collaboration for improved performance
- Works to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
- Encourages collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results.
Teamwork and Team Building
- Encourages teamwork and collaboration.
- Provides assistance and support to other team members when needed
- Builds relationships across boundaries and with key stakeholders by developing informal and formal networks.
- Fosters teamwork rather than individual competition
- Emphasizes the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- 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 team-building within the leadership team
- 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
- 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
- Makes decisions that support the team's goals and objectives.
- Considers the impact and implications of decisions on the team.
- Helps the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- Makes decisions that positively impact team performance.
- Helps the team decide what long term goals need to be met.
- Helps the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions.
- Helps the team make effective business decisions by ensuring the correctness of Company's reports/resources.
- Facilitates effective decision-making practices to further develop the team.
- Helps the team exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions.
- Facilitates the development of team/unit work standards
Flexibility
- Is open to new ideas that may change own goals for benefit of the team
- Encourages other team members to adopt new procedures.
- Facilitates effective teamwork during periods of change.
- Adjusts to changes in the composition of the team.
- Helps the team bounce back from obstacles to progress.
- Helps the team to bounce back from obstacles.
- Open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members.
- Is open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- Helps identify new opportunities for the team to explore.
- 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
- Effective team player
- Comes across as a reliable, committed team member
- Actively and openly participates in team meetings.
- Committed to the successful completion of team goals.
- Is committed to the success of the team.
- Helps other managers in need of assistance, such as providing needed resources (co-workers, supplies, etc.)
- Uses a system to document team members' motivators and uses this tool to inspire team to produce great results
- Works effectively with all departments, district and area staff, and R&D
- Models excellent team behavior; recognizes "out-of-bounds" behavior and addresses as appropriate.
Rewards and Recognition
- Recognizes and respects the contributions and needs of each individual.
- Finds opportunities to recognize and reward team members.
- Lets team members know when they have done well.
- Creates and implements team reward and recognition programs
- Recognizes the contributions of the team.
- Recognizes contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments.
Coaching and Supervision
- Coaches team members to work toward a common goal.
- Coaches team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Identifies and resolves conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness
- Creates opportunities to learn with other team members
- Coaches team members
- Performs co-worker assessments with equal amounts of constructive and positive documented feedback
- 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
- 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
- Our supervisor communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected
- The environment in our team is one that supports open communication between team members
- The team leader solicits and implements ideas from all appropriate team members and uses these ideas to help accomplish market goals
- Our supervisor promotes open communication on the team
- The team leader encourages others to share ideas to develop team cohesion
- Team members share pertinent information with all members of the team
- The team leader seeks and listens to other's contributions
- Team members willingly share their technical expertise
- Employees communicate well with team members
- Colleagues actively and openly participates in group meetings as team members and listen to others' contributions.
- Our team encourages open communication
- Colleagues shares relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members
- Our team builds consensus and shares relevant information.
- The team leader discusses with team about issues and the effects of those issues
- The manager communicates a clear message that teamwork and collaboration are expected
- Information is freely shared among all team members
Listening
- Our team fosters an environment that promotes active listening
- The team leader encourages dialog between team members
- The team leader takes the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives
- I listen carefully to other team members
- Our team encourages collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results
- Team members take the time to listen to the ideas
- Colleagues are willing to listen to the ideas of other team members
- Team members demonstrate an understanding of other member's viewpoints
- Team members listen to each other without interrupting
- My co-workers focus on understanding the other team member's message
- The members of our team listens to the opinions of others
- We listen and is attentive to other team members
- Team members are asked to share their opinions
- Team members are able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what others have said
Interpersonal Skills
- My coworkers appreciate the input from other team members
- The people on our team are easy to work with
- Team members treat each other with respect
- My supervisor establishes good rapport with team members
- People demonstrate a willingness to work with the team
- The team leader expresses appreciation for the work of other team members
- Team members demonstrate compassion and respect for others through actions
- There are strong relationships between team members
- Our team is able to relates to all kinds of people tactfully
- The supervisor shows respect for other team members
- Our leader gives constructive advice to other team members
- Our team environment facilitates good rapport between team members
- Our team leader builds a strong rapport with team members
Collaboration
- Employees in this Company work well together.
- The supervisor encourages teamwork and collaboration
- Our team creates a culture that fosters and values collaboration
- The supervisor works with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process
- People in this organization work well across departments.
- My department encourages collaboration with other departments
- Our team works cooperatively with others to solve problems
- I work well with the other team members
- The people in my team cooperate to get the work done
- Team members work well together to achieve objectives
- Our team works together to brainstorm solutions to the problem
- Team members work well with each other on the project
- Colleagues are willing to help other team members to research solutions to a problem
- Team members are working toward a common goal
- We cooperate and work together to effectively achieve organizational objectives
- We work well together
Teamwork and Team Building
- My team lead provides coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers
- Team members share resources and information with each other
- I partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance
- My manager encourages, promotes and rewards teamwork and collaboration for improved performance
- The team promotes open participation and communication
- Our team creates an atmosphere that encourages team participation
- Our supervisor promotes a team spirit within and outside department; partners with other work groups
- The team leader provides assistance and support to other team members when needed
- The team leader facilitates conflict resolution discussions between individuals
- My manager emphasizes the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- Our team has an environment that fosters teamwork rather than individual competition
- My supervisor facilitates team-building within the leadership team
- Team members work cooperatively with each other to solve problems
Teamwork at the Company
- At this company, work groups cooperate with each other to minimize unnecessary work.
- Teamwork is positively impacting our business results.
- I believe that all the divisions in the company interact and work together to achieve a common goal
- The Company promotes teamwork
- I believe that all the departments in the company interact and work together to achieve a common goal.
- We work as a team at the Company
- Supervisors, managers, and leaders across units speak with one voice on policies, procedures, and implementing decisions.
- The organizational culture at the Company enhances teamwork
- Employees exhibit teamwork and cooperation in this organization.
- The Company implements procedures that help us work as a team
Decision Making
- The team lead facilitates team discussions and problem-solving
- Team members makes decisions that support the goals and objectives
- My supervisor considers the impact and implications of decisions on the team
- I am able to help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty
- My team makes effective business decisions
- The team lead contributes to and supports team decision-making process
- The team is able to effectively balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions
- The team is able to exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions
- The team facilitates effective decision-making practices to further develop the project
- Our team is able to make decisions that positively impact performance
- Team members are held accountable for decisions made
- I am involved in decisions that impact the team
Flexibility
- Team members work together to help bounce back from obstacles
- The team leader is able to help the team to bounce back from obstacles
- We can handle changes made by the team without complaining
- Our team is able to adjust to new ways of working
- The team overall is open to the perspectives/viewpoints of team members
- The department is open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the re-organization team
- The leadership team helps identify new opportunities for the department to explore
- Our team is effective in adjusting to changes in the composition of the team
- My supervisor facilitates effective teamwork during periods of change
- The team is open to new ideas that may change for the benefit
- The team leader encourages other team members to adopt new procedures
Conflict Resolution
- Employees work together to share ideas and resolve issues
- Conflicts within the team are resolved appropriately
Co-Workers
- I have a good relationship with my co-workers.
- I feel responsible for contributing towards collective results across the organization.
- I feel I am part of the team
- I feel confident in my team members
Commitment
- Our team is committed to successful completion of goals
- Team members take pride in their work
- Team members are committed to the success of the mission
- Team members are committed to the success of the Company
My Department
- In my Department, we work as a team
- "Team" is the best description of how my co-workers and I function.
- Employees in my department work well together.
- My Department has a "team" spirit
- My Department works well together
My Manager
- Leaders promote teamwork
- My Manager is effective in involving his/her staff in solving the problems we face as a unit
- My Manager is effective in building and maintaining working relationships with his/her team
- Leaders encourage others to work as a team
Diversity and Individual Differences
- Other team members will help me if I need help
- Teamwork helps to take advantage of the resources that individuals bring to the Company
- Team members accept the uniqueness and diversity of others in the team
- Our team recognizes individual contributions
Self-Assessment Items
Communication
- You encourage open communication
- You seek and listen to other's contributions
- You willingly share your technical expertise
- 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 promote open communication on the team.
- You support open communication between team members.
- You share pertinent information with all members of the team.
- You build consensus and share relevant information.
- 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
- You discuss with team about issues and the effects of those issues.
Listening
- You make eye contact when listening to colleagues.
- I listen to other team members without interrupting them.
- I listen and am attentive to other team members.
- You encourage dialog between team members.
- I am able to accurately paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said.
- I listen carefully to other team members.
- I focus on understanding the other team member's message.
- You take the time to actively listen to other team member's perspectives.
- You listen to the opinions of other team members.
- I am willing to listen to the ideas of other team members.
- I took the time to listen to the team's ideas.
- You foster an environment that promotes active listening on the team.
- I ask other team members to share their opinions.
Interpersonal
- You demonstrate compassion and respect for others through actions; is concerned about their work and non-work issues
- You relate to all kinds of people tactfully
- I facilitate good rapport between team members.
- I treat other team members with respect.
- You show respect for other team members.
- I establish good rapport with team members.
- You give constructive advice to other team members.
- You appreciate the input from other team members.
- You demonstrate a willingness to work with the team.
- You demonstrate an understanding of other team member's viewpoints.
- I express appreciation for the work of other team members.
- I am able to work closely other team members who are considered to be difficult to work with.
- I build a strong rapport with team members.
- I build strong relationships 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 apply knowledge of team behavior to help achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- You encourage collaboration with other departments.
- I work well with other team members.
- You share resources and information with the team.
- I work with other team members to identify bottle necks in the production process.
- I work with other team members to achieve objectives.
- I work with other team members on the project.
- I help other team members to research solutions to a problem.
- You join with other team members to brainstorm solutions to the problem.
- You encourages, promotes and reward collaboration for improved performance
- You promote open participation and communication within department and throughout the organization.
- You encourage collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results.
- You work to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
Teamwork and Team Building
- You build relationships across boundaries and with key stakeholders by developing informal and formal networks.
- You encourage teamwork and collaboration.
- You foster teamwork rather than individual competition
- You provide assistance and support to other team members when needed
- You emphasize the importance of getting individuals to work as a team
- You promote a team spirit within and outside department; partners with other groups.
- You create a climate that encourages team participation.
- You partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance
- You facilitate conflict resolution discussions between individuals in different teams
- 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 provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for market core team and district managers
- You translate team-building theories into usable tools and techniques appropriate for team members' needs
Decision Making
- You facilitate team discussions and problem-solving
- You contribute to and supports team decision-making process
- 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 exercise good judgment by making sound and informed decisions.
- I help the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions.
- I consider the impact and implications of decisions on the team.
- I make decisions that support the team's goals and objectives.
- I help the team make effective business decisions by ensuring the correctness of Company's reports/resources.
- I help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- I facilitate effective decision-making practices to further develop 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.
- I help the team bounce back from obstacles to progress.
- You are able to adjust to changes in the composition of the team.
- I help the team to bounce back from obstacles.
- I am open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- I am open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members.
- You help identify new opportunities for the team to explore.
- 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 actively participates as a team member
- You act as an effective team player
- You actively participates in the work of teams; seek and listen to others' contributions
- You are an effective team player
- You come across as a reliable, committed team member
- I am committed to the successful completion of team goals.
- I am committed to the success of the team.
- You actively and openly participates in team meetings.
- 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 contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments.
- You recognize the contributions of the team.
- You create and implement team reward and recognition programs
Coaching and Supervision
- You identify and resolves conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness
- You coach team members to work toward a common goal.
- You coach team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- You create opportunities to learn with other team members
- You coach team members
- You provide direct feedback to team members on behavior that is negatively impacting the team's effectiveness
- 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 perform co-worker assessments with equal amounts of constructive and positive documented feedback
- You promote organizational growth by stressing personal and team responsibility for learning and performance
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
- Tell me about a time when you had to promote/encourage open communication on the team?
- What are examples of discussions you had with your team about issues and the effects of those issues?
- 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.
- 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 communicate to coworkers that teamwork and collaboration are expected?
- Sharing information is an important part of working together. How do you build consensus and share relevant information as a team member?
- Sometimes people are reluctant to speak up. How do you solicit ideas from all team members?
- How would you support open communication between team members? Have you ever had to encourage team members to be more open in their communication?
- What are examples of how you share relevant information, ideas, opinions, and feelings with other district team members?
- What does it mean to communicate well with team members?
- What are examples of how you shared pertinent information with all members of the team?
Listening
- Give an example of how you encourage other team members to listen and be attentive to others.
- Listening is an important part of effective communication.
How do you encourage dialog between team members?
- 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?
- 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?
- How do you help others to be willing to listen to the ideas of team members?
- Describe how you would encourage coworkers to take the time to listen to the team's ideas? What would you say to them?
- Can you give an example of how you would paraphrase and summarize what other team members have said?
- What would you say to guide other team members to listen without interrupting others?
Interpersonal
- Describe when you gave constructive advice to other team members.
- Give examples of how you relate to all kinds of people tactfully, from shop floor to executives?
- Give a few examples of how you have facilitated good rapport between team members.
- Describe how you appreciated the input from other team members.
- Respecting others helps get things done. Describe how you treat other team members with respect.
- How have you expressed appreciation for the work of 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?
- 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?
- Give an example of how you demonstrated compassion and respect for others through actions.
- Were there any teams that you found difficult to be on? How would you demonstrate a willingness to work with the team?
- Describe a time you had to work closely other team members who were considered to be difficult to work with.
Collaboration
- Describe how you have had to join with other team members to brainstorm solutions to a problem.
- How have you had to work with other team members on a project?
- Have you ever had to help other team members to research solutions to a problem? If so, please elaborate.
- Tell me about a time when you worked cooperatively with others to solve problems.
- Give an example of how you worked to get buy-in of individuals based on common good of business.
- What would you do to encourage collaboration of fellow employees to achieve results?
- Describe how you would share resources and information with the team.
- Give an example of how you promoted open participation and communication within department.
- 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 work well with other team members?
- Departments may sometimes compete for the same limited pool of resources. How do you encourage collaboration with other departments?
- How do you encourage, promote and reward collaboration for improved performance?
Teamwork and Team Building
- How would you create an environment that fosters teamwork rather than individual competition?
- Have you had to provide assistance and support to other team members when needed? If so, how?
- How do you create a climate that encourages team participation?
- Provide an example of how you promoted a team spirit within and outside department.
- How do you emphasize the importance of getting individuals to work as a team?
- How would you partner with people from other work units to improve overall performance?
- Did you provides coaching and team-building opportunities for area core team and Divisional team?
- Have you had to facilitate conflict resolution discussions between individuals in different teams?
- Can you provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for market core team and district managers?
- Have you ever facilitated team-building within a leadership team?
- Describe how you would encourage teamwork and collaboration.
- Do you provide coaching and team-building ideas/opportunities for district core team and branch managers?
Decision Making
- Have you ever had to help the team decide what long term goals need to be met?
- How have you facilitated effective decision-making practices to further develop the team?
- Have you ever had to help the team make effective business decisions?
- Give an example of how you made decisions that supported the team's goals and objectives.
- Describe how you would help the team make good decisions even under conditions of uncertainty.
- Describe how you have had to facilitate the development of team/unit work standards.
- How do you help the team balance analysis with decisiveness in making decisions?
- How have you had to consider the impact and implications of decisions on the team?
- How did you contribute to and supports team decision-making processes?
- Describe how you would make decisions that positively impact team performance.
- How did you help the team exercise good judgment and make sound and informed decisions?
- Did you facilitate team discussions and problem-solving?
Flexibility
- Describe how you helped the team bounce back from obstacles.
- Have you facilitated effective teamwork during periods of change?
- How do you encourage team members to handle changes without complaining?
- Describe how you are able to adjust to new ways of working on the team.
- How have you had to help identify new opportunities for the team to explore?
- How do you facilitate adjustments that may be needed to accommodate changes in the composition of the team?
- Can you describe a time when you were open to the perspectives/viewpoints of other team members?
- Describe how you are open to alternative ways to accomplish goals suggested by the team.
- Have you ever had to help the team to bounce back from an obstacle?
- How would you encourage others to be open to new ideas that may change for benefit of the team?
- Have you ever had to encourage other team members to adopt new procedures?
Role Model
- How are you an effective team player?
- How do you encourage others to be active and openly participate in team meetings?
- 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?
- How would you help other managers in need of assistance, such as providing needed resources (co-workers, supplies, etc)?
- Can you work effectively with all departments, district and area staff, and R&D? Describe how.
- How are you committed to the successful completion of team goals?
- How would you encourage others to acts as an effective team player?
- How do you actively participate as a team member?
- Describe how you are committed to the success of the team.
- Have you ever actively participated in work teams? Please elaborate.
Rewards and Recognition
- Have you found opportunities to recognize and reward team members?
- Describe how you recognize and respect the contributions and needs of each individual.
- Have you had an opportunity to create and implement team reward and recognition programs?
- How would you recognize the contributions of the team?
- How do you let team members know when they have done well?
- How do you recognize contributions of others, and celebrates team accomplishments?
Coaching and Supervision
- Did you ever coach team members to work toward a common goal?
- 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 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 coach the team on how to solve problems, plan, and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Did you create opportunities to learn with other team members?
- How do you identify and resolve conflicts within the team to increase team effectiveness?
- How would you provide direct feedback to team members on behavior that is negatively impacting the team's effectiveness.
Fair
- How would you share credit for accomplishments with team members?
- 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?