Building a healthy team Assessments

Use the scale below to indicate how much each statement applied to your club executive team. Be sure to evaluate the statements honestly and without over-thinking your answers.

3 = Usually 2 = Sometimes 1 = Rarely

	1. Team members are passionate and unguarded in their discussion of issues.
	2. Team members call out one another’s deficiencies or unproductive behaviors.
	3. Team members know what their peers are working on and how they contribute to the collective good of the team.
	4. Team members quickly and genuinely apologize to one another when they say or do something inappropriate or possibly damaging to the team.
	5. Team members willingly make sacrifices (such as budget, turf, etc.) in their area of expertise for the good of the team.
	6. Team members openly admit their weaknesses and mistakes.
	7. Team meetings are compelling and not boring.
	8. Team members leave meetings confident that their peers are completely committed to the decisions agreed upon during the meeting, even if there was initial disagreement.
	9. Morale is significantly affected by the failure to achieve team goals.
	10. During team meetings, the most important and most difficult issues are put on the table to be resolved.
	11. Team members are deeply concerned about the prospect of letting down their peers.
	12. Team members know about one another’s personal lives and are comfortable discussing them.
	13. Team members end discussions with clear and specific resolutions and calls to action.
	14. Team members challenge one another about their plans and approaches.
	15. Team members are slow to seek credit for their own contributions but quick to point out those of others.

Score
	Healthy Trait #1: Trust
	Healthy Trait #2: Healthy Conflict
	Healthy Trait #3: Commitment
	Healthy Trait# 4: Accountability
	Healthy Trait #5: Results

	1. I’m usually open to getting to know people personally and establishing relationships with them.
	2. I’m not usually open to getting to know people personally and establishing relationships with them.
	3. I usually act slowly and deliberately.
	4. I usually react quickly and spontaneously.
	5. I’m usually guarded about other people’s use of my time.
	6. I’m usually open to other people’s use of my time.
	7. I usually introduce myself at social gatherings.
	8. I usually wait for others to introduce themselves to me at social gatherings.
	9. I usually focus my conversations on the interests of the people involved, even if that means straying from the business or subject at hand.
	10. I usually focus my conversations on the tasks, issues, business, or subject at hand.
	11. I’m usually not assertive and I can be patient with a slow pace.
	12. I’m usually assertive and, at times, I can be impatient with a slow pace.
	13. I usually make decisions based on facts or evidence.
	14. I usually make decisions based on feelings, experiences, or relationships.
	15. I usually contribute frequently to group conversations.
	16. I usually contribute infrequently to group conversations.
	17. I usually prefer to work with and through others, providing support when possible.
	18. I usually prefer to work independently or dictate the conditions in terms of how others are involved.
	19. I usually ask questions or speak tentatively and indirectly.
	20. I usually make emphatic statements or directly-expressed opinions.
	21. I usually focus primarily on ideas, concepts, or results.
	22. I usually focus primarily on persons, interactions, and feelings.
	23. I usually use gestures, facial expressions, and voice intonations to emphasize points.
	24. I usually do not use gestures, facial expressions, and voice intonations to emphasize points.
	25. I usually accept others’ points of view (ideas, feelings, and concerns).
	26. I usually do not accept others’ points of view (ideas, feelings, and concerns).
	27. I usually respond to risk and change in a cautious or predictable manner.
	28. I usually respond to risk and change in a dynamic or unpredictable manner.
	29. I usually prefer to keep personal feelings and thoughts private, sharing only when I wish to do so.
	30. I usually find it natural and easy to share and discuss my feelings with others.
	31. I usually seek out new or different experiences and situations.
	32. I usually choose known or similar situations and relationships.
	33. I’m usually responsive to others’ agendas, interests, and concerns.
	34. I’m usually directed toward my own agendas, interests, and concerns.
	35. I usually respond to conflict slowly and indirectly.
	36. I usually respond to conflict quickly and directly.

Score
	D is for Dominance
	I is for Influence
	S is for Steadiness
	C is for Compliance

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