Team building Exersize

When it comes to conflict, the highest-performing teams should:

• Discourage it

• Let members vent openly

• Encourage conflict about attitudes; discourage conflict about behaviours

• Encourage conflict about tasks; discourage conflict about personalities

When it comes to making decisions, teams are:

• Superior to individuals

• Inferior to individuals

• Better than the average of its members, but not necessarily as good as the best performer

When it comes to creativity, teams are:

• Less creative than individuals

• More creative than individuals

• About equally creative

When it comes to floor-time (talking) in a typical 8-person team meeting,

• Every team member roughly contributes pretty much equally

• 5 people do over 75% of the talking

• 3 people do over 70% of the talking

The most commonly cited problem with regard to teamwork is

• Trusting one another

• Listening to one another

• Staying Motivated

The most important skills (competencies) that team members need to have are:

• Task and people skills

• Speaking and listening skills

• Rationality and intuition skills

A 'Free Rider' is a person who benefits from bieng on a team but does little or no work. All of the following minimizes the free rider problem except

• Developing a team contract- a written statement of team objectives and practices

• Increasing the size of the team

• Performance reviews- periodically review and evaluate members

• Increasing each members involvement and ownership

An Essential condition for high performance teamwork is

• Regular retreats

• Significant meaningful performance incentives

• A shared goal

• Complementary skills set

The average team size is over 12 people. One best practice to use in determining the appropriate number of people in a team is described by which one of the following?

• Teams function well up to a maximum of 14 people

• Teams should be composed of the fewest number of people necessary to accomplish the task

• People contribute more as team size increases and each person adds value

• Teams should not be limited in size and can grow to accommodate as many members as are willing to serve

At the outset of teamwork, a team is advised to develop a ‘team charter’. Indeed, teams who develop charters are more effective than those who do not. What key elements should be included in a team charter?

• The legal repercussions for a breach of team membership

• A detailed document outlining project scope and resources

• Fees associated with rule noncompliance

• Team goals, responsibilities, expectations, and norms