Career Success

What is one benefit to working collaboratively on a team?

• It takes longer to get the work done.

• Each person gets to contribute in their own unique way.

• The team can decide to let one person do all the work.

• Everyone can disagree and share their point of view.

Which is NOT an effective way to build relationships with your co-workers?

• Ask your co-workers about their role, skills and goals.

• Find one or two co-workers that you can complain to.

• Find reasons to praise or compliment your co-workers for good work.

• Be curious about your co-workers lives and passions.

______is the ability to change and be flexible as problems arise and priorities shift

• Lifelong Learning

• Collaborating

• Teamwork

• Adaptability

To get a special project, Chris practiced ____ by reading all he could about the field and spending time learning a new skill.

• Lifelong Learning

• Teamwork

• Collaboration

• Adaptability

Relationship building at work can…

• make it harder and slower to get the work done since you are collaborating so much.

• make it difficult to work on another team since relationships are so strong.

• create relationships thatlead to new opportunities later.

• create tension with your friends outside of work.

Which is a benefit of collaboration and teamwork?

• It expands your social network and creates new connections.

• It makes it more difficult to leave your current job.

• It makes it easier to do your job since you can have other people do it.

• It requires more work since you have to explain so much to other people.

Which technique will NOT help you build rapport with your colleagues?

• Being able to handle conflicts.

• Communicating what you want and what you need.

• Pulling your weight and following through on what you say you will do.

• Being consistently unprepared.

____ is the ability to find solutions and be creative when overcoming challenges.

• Reliability

• Problem solving

• Teamwork

• Reading

Which is an outcome of asking for help in the workplace?

• It reflects poorly on your job and can cause you to get fired.

• It helps you and your whole team getthe help you need.

• Your boss thinks you're unreliable and can't do the work.

• Your co-workers do your work for you.

Conflicts happen in all careers. What can help to reduce the damage that a conflict can cause on a project or on a team?

• Relationship building

• Open communication

• Seeking a win/win solution

• All of the above