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Be sure to read all the score ranges below to gain
maximum learning from this exercise.
This particular assessment is a tricky one since the
best scores are in the middle. None of the statements
should necessarily be always or never. In this case
the extremes scores are where you may find the most
difficulty. Often extremes of conflict or lack of it
can signal problems. Read on to find out why.
If you got 15 - 20: You may not be very involved
with your team. You would benefit from being a bit more
social with them from time to time. There seems to be
very few challenges to you or questioning of the status
quo. In a dynamic, growing and winning environment challenges
are healthy and generally accompany the creative process.
Find someone who will give you some candid impressions
of life on your team and see if you can discover ways
to breathe life and openness into this team.
20-34: This score may signify more of the above
or could be due to situational constraints where there
is very little opportunity to be social, interactive
or creative. You may want to explore whether this is
really the case or not. Talk with your boss and a trusted
employee to see if work on your team has become stuck
in "the way it has always been done."
35-49: This score is in the ideal range. You
have a lively team with some conflict and challenge.
Be sure that this is the healthy kind however. Unresolved
conflict on a team can be devastating over time. It
is best to settle disputes quickly and privately but
not discourage disagreement as this opens up team thinking
to new possibilities. You also seem to have good boundaries
and give employees room to express themselves and spent
time without you. Teams need to have breathing time
and down time. Members grow from stretching and working
through some problems by themselves. You probably scored
high on the statements about team performance. Congratulations!
50-6: This score may still be well within the
range of healthy and successful and the higher numbers
may be a result of the fact that your team has been
together for a long time or working on a project that
they have done before. They may be very compatible and
could be handpicked by you and therefore very allied
with you. Just be sure that there is enough going on
to keep your team members growing and learning. Everyone
moves on someday, make sure your people are ready to
accept any new career challenge that they desire in
their future. Although there is much to be said for
harmony, overtime you will have to change and try new
things to stay ahead of your competition.
65-75: No team setting is perfect all the time
or without challenges. If your team is always extremely
well behaved, you may have a case of problems brewing
under the surface. There are some disagreements occasionally
on any team and if people are developing and growing
there should be some turnover as well. This score could
signal some control issues and some fear of crossing
the boss. You may need to talk to someone on your team
who you suspect may be less than perfectly happy to
get any kind of useful and candid feedback. You could
also be so popular that they hesitate to cause you difficulty
but again new ideas are by definition a disagreement
with the status quo. Look to stir up some action on
this team.
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