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Are you a team player?
Answer the following questions about working in a group
Do you attend the team meetings?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You've not quite mastered being a great team player. Turning up to meetings regularly is an important part of being a good team member.
You're not a very good team player. Turning up to meetings is a basic requirement of being a good team member.
Are you well prepared for all the meetings?
- Almost always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You've not quite mastered being a great team player. Being prepared for each meeting means you are contributing to the team effort.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills.
Do you understand your role and take your responsibility in the team seriously?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You're an average team player. Each role in a team adds to the whole.
You're not a very good team player. The other group members are relying on you to complete your part in the team project.
Do you participate in the discussion and problem solving of the team?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
Speak up, everyone has strengths to share with the group.
Be brave enough to speak your mind in a way which is sensitive to the needs of others.
Do you remain focussed on the discussion at hand?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You've not quite mastered being a great team player. Try to stay on task. Try nominating a progress chaser, who is responsible for making sure everyone stays on track, including during the meetings.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills. Staying on task means you are contributing to the team work.
Do you speak too much?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're not a very good team player. Everyone’s voice should be heard. How will you make sure that everybody participates equally?
Everybody needs to participate equally, make sure that everyones voice is heard.
You understand the value and importance of collaboration, but remeber, everyones voice needs to be heard, including yours.
Do you consider that all members of your team have something worthwhile to contribute?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
By match the strengths and interests of individual members to the tasks you consider important for you means that everyone can contribute in some way.
You're not a very good team player. Make sure that everyone has some task which carries responsibility so everyone feels included and motivated.
When you disagree with someone do you use language that will soften the disagreement? (e.g. You have a point but have you thought about…?)
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You've not quite mastered being a great team player. Practise speaking your mind in a way which is sensitive to the needs of others.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills. Be honest with each other, but communicate effectively by being senstive to the needs of others.
Are you encouraging and supportive of people less confident in the team?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
Be inclusive and mutually understanding of each other to crate a good team environment.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills. Make sure that everyone has some task which carries responsibility so everyone feels included and motivated.
Would you be willing to get involved if you witnessed unfair harassment or discrimination happening to a team member?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
Try nominating a mediator who helps resolve conflicts if they arise.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills. Be open, honest and flexible in looking for solutions when conflict arises.
Do you acknowledge your mistakes and apologise?
- Nearly always
- Sometimes
- Rarely
You're a great team player! You understand the value and importance of collaboration.
You've not quite mastered being a great team player. Everyone makes mistakes; acknowledge them and move forward.
You'd better get to work on mastering your team skills. Be open and honest with your communication but be sensitive to the needs of others.
Attribution
This work includes material from the following sources:
Team work review. Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved from: http://studywell.library.qut.edu.au/pdf_files/WORKINGINTEAMS_TeamWorkReview.pdf Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia License.
