Deck 13: Teams Summary and Integration

Question 1

There are five primary phases in the High Performance Team Model

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Identify five key practical takeaways of the text for you as a team member.

Answer 2

Seven key practical takeaways for team members were presented:
1. Go into each new team opportunity with a positive attitude.
2. Break the ice with your team members and leaders.
3. Be a team player.
4. Be aware of how you are perceived by your team members and team leader.
5. Engage in constructive politics.
6. Consider stepping into an emergent leadership role.
7. Manage up and help your team leader succeed.

Question 3

Identify five key practical takeaways of the text for you as a team leader.

Answer 3

Eight key practical takeaways for team leaders were presented:
1. Create a high performance team, starting with good design.
2. Give staffing the team system the attention it deserves.
3. Plan and facilitate effective meetings.
4. Demonstrate effective team leadership.
5. Open up the communication process.
6. Proactively manage change as an ongoing process.
7. Establish effective interteam relations.
8. Build the context for teams.

Question 4

Now that you have arrived at the end of the text and considered its various lessons and recommendations, discuss three team-related issues that you feel are especially relevant for your future development as a team member and/or team leader.

Question 5

As a team leader, a new employee has been assigned to your team. Lacking team experience, she asks you for some advice about "the ropes to skip and the ropes to know" as a team member. Give her five specific tips that she can use from her first day on the team.

Question 6

Discuss at least three ways that you plan in the next five years to learn more about effectively participating in and managing teams in the future.

Question 7

In the High Performance Team Model, Fostering Effective Communications in Teams is in the ___ phase.

Question 8

The publication that the text recommends you to read on a daily basis is ___.

Question 9

___ leadership refers to leadership demonstrated by team members who may not have formal leadership authority but assume a leadership role when the needs of a particular team-related situation or issue present an opportunity.

Question 10

The American Red Cross, the Make a Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the American Cancer Society, and the Humane Society were presented as examples of ___ organizations to work in and lead teams.

Question 11

Briefly discuss four opportunities to develop teamwork and team management skills as a working professional.

Question 12

The text addresses team issues from which two perspectives? Briefly discuss each perspective.

Question 13

Identify and briefly discuss the primary stages of the High Performance Team Model that serves as the framework for the text.

Question 14

Managing Team Diversity was a chapter in the Facilitating the Team phase of the High Performance Team Model.

Question 15

In general, team members should not be "pushy" and should wait for recognition of their efforts and performance. That is, they should try to demonstrate competence and let their performance speak for itself. Proactive behavior is generally ill-advised.

Question 16

It is sometimes helpful to engage in ""constructive politics."

Question 17

Charles Darwin, the naturalist and geologist, stated that in the history of mankind (and animal kind) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

Question 18

Which of the following is not considered in Phase 1 of the High Performance Team Model?

A)Designing the team system
B)Attributes of different types of teams
C)Team opportunities and challenges
D)Building and developing a team
E)none of the above

Question 19

The text suggested that you join which of the following?

A)Spotify
B)Facebook
C)TeamGrowth
D)LinkedIn
E)none of the above

Question 20

Using 360-degree feedback is considered in what phase of the High Performance Team Model?

A)Phase 1
B)Phase 2
C)Phase 3
D)Phase 4
E)Phase 5

Question 21

Managing change in teams is considered in which phase of the High Performance Team Model?

A)Phase 1
B)Phase 2
C)Phase 3
D)Phase 4
E)Phase 5

Question 22

Which of the following strengthen teamwork skills since they generally require teams to work together under time pressure to analyze a case and formulate a presentation?

A)Team competitions
B)Internships
C)Workshops
D)Networking
E)none of the above

Question 23

The organization and the external environment comprise the team ___.