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