Team Goals and Objectives 1 2 3 4 5 1. Unclear; diverse; conflicting Clear; understood; shared by all. 1 2 3 4 5 2. Team is negative toward goals and objectives displays lack of interest. Team is committed to goals and objectives; displays interest Priorities 1 2 3 4 5 3. Priorities are nonexistent; we have too many priorities; priorities are always changing. Priorities are established, realistic, appropriate; priorities change in a timely manner. Planning and goal setting 1 2 3 4 5 4. Team does little planning or goal setting; has no "game plan." Team regularly develops plans and sets goals; establishes future directions and steps to get there. Task Interdependance 1 2 3 4 5 5. We have little interdependence; work independently; little linking among tasks. We are highly interdependent; work with each other regularly; tasks are linked. Role Clarity 1 2 3 4 5 6. Members are unclear about their roles; responsibilities and authority are ambiguous. Members are clear about what is expected of them; they know their responsibilities and authority. Structure 1 2 3 4 5 7. Team is inappropriately organized; tasks are fragmented; there are gaps and overlaps. Team is well structured; tasks are organized effectively; there are few gaps and overlaps. Communications 1 2 3 4 5 8. Team is guarded and cautious when communicating among and between members. Team is open and authentic when communicating among and between members. 1 2 3 4 5 9. Team rarely communicates downward; communicates inappropriate information; communicates ineffectively. Team communicates pertinent information downward; communicates in effective manner. Formality 1 2 3 4 5 10. Team performs activities in formal manner; according to strict procedures. Team operates informally; conducts business with little "red tape." Decision Making 1 2 3 4 5 11. Little opportunity for input; uninvolved; decisions made autonomously. Decisions made jointly through group participation; plenty of opportunity for input; persons affected asked for their opinion. 1 2 3 4 5 12. Decisions made at top with little or no lower-level information; decision not made on best information. Team makes good decisions; develops creative and appropriate solutions; solutions understood;commitment clear. 1 2 3 4 5 13. Decisions are vague, not understood; poor or no decisions made; lack of commitment to solutions. Decisions made at appropriate levels throughout the system; made where most adequate and accurate information is available. Cooperation / Coordination 1 2 3 4 5 14. Members do not coordinate their efforts; little or no cooperation. Members coordinate their efforts; high level of cooperation. Leadership 1 2 3 4 5 15. Team does not demonstrate leadership; no direction; too dependent on one or a few persons. Team has appropriate direction; demonstrates leadership; leaders allowed to emerge; leadership shared. Feedback 1 2 3 4 5 16. Members withhold their perceptions of each other's behavior and performance; interpersonal style is not discussed. Members share their perceptions of each other's behavior and performance; interpersonal style is discussed among the team. Evaluation 1 2 3 4 5 17. Individual performance is not evaluated; evaluation is meaningless. Performance evaluated periodically; evaluation is meaningful. Rewards 1 2 3 4 5 18. Team members not rewarded appropriately to their efforts; rewards are limited. Team members rewarded in a timely and appropriate manner; rewards are varied and many. Control 1 2 3 4 5 19. Team has too many controls or too few controls; monitoring is inappropriate; checks and balances are weak. Team has appropriate controls over performance; checks and balances are effective; monitoring is done appropriately. Flexibility 1 2 3 4 5 20. Team is rigid; too structured; too tightly controlled; team does not respond quickly. loosely structured; able to do things differently. Team is able to shift resources and attention quickly; able to respond to unusual demands; loosely structured; able to do things differently. Handing conflicts within team 1 2 3 4 5 21. Deny, avoid, or supress conflicts. Accepts conflicts and "works them through." Recognition of individual strengths 1 2 3 4 5 22. Team members are unaware of others' skills; values, and contributions; individual strengths are not recognized. Team members are aware of each other's skills, values, contributions; distinctive competence is recognized; strengths are highlighted. Utilization of member resources 1 2 3 4 5 23. Abilities, knowledge, and experience are not utilized by the team. Abilities, knowledge, and experience are fully utilized by the team. Mutual Support 1 2 3 4 5 24. Lack of concern for each other; every person for himself or herself; little helping of each other in planning and problem solving. Genuine concern for each other; help each other improve job, plan, and solve problems. Mutual trust and confidence 1 2 3 4 5 25. Team is very suspicious of each other; demonstrates low con-fidence; skeptical of each other. High trust and confidence among and between team members. 1 2 3 4 5 26. Other staff members do not trust team; suspicious of team; little confidence in team. Other staff members have high level of trust in team; high level of confidence. Congeniality 1 2 3 4 5 27. Team members are disagreeable and unfriendly; there is animosity between some members. Persons in team are friendly and easy to approach; members feel close to one another. Affective climate 1 2 3 4 5 28. Unable to express feelings; feelings ignored; feelings criticized. Free expression of feelings; feelings understood and supported. Cohesiveness 1 2 3 4 5 29. Team is divided; there is an undercurrent pulling the team apart; there are tensions between members. Team pulls together; works as a unit - moving in same direction; team is attractive to its member; there is a feeling of comradeship. Relationships 1 2 3 4 5 30. Couldn't be worse; serious breakdown; lack of collaboration. Collaborative; sound relations; full unit of effort achieved. Vitality 1 2 3 4 5 31. Team operates in a sluggish manner; there is little excitement; spirits are generally low. Team approaches its work with vim and vigor; spirit is high; there is a sense of excitement. Satisfaction 1 2 3 4 5 32. Team members are unhappy with their job/colleagues/team; morale is low; there is little personal enjoyment. Members are pleased and happy with their job/colleagues/team; morale is high; there is a sense of personal enjoyment. Meetings 1 2 3 4 5 33. We have no meetings; meetings are poorly run; boring; not useful. We have regular team meetings; they are well run; stimulating; useful. Implementation 1 2 3 4 5 34. There is little follow-through on deadlines and agreements; plans are not implemented. Team members follow through on decisions and agreements; plans are put into practice. Problem resoultion 1 2 3 4 5 35. When problems occur; they are often not resolved; not dealt with; appealed to someone else. Problems are worked out where they appear through mutual effort and understanding. Productivity 1 2 3 4 5 36. Team has difficulty completing tasks; team accomplishes little; wanders through agendas; team works inefficiently - results not worth effort. Team completes tasks efficiently; produces worthwhile results; gets the job done; accomplishes a great deal. Effectiveness 1 2 3 4 5 37. Team is ineffective in meeting its purposes; does a poor job relative to other similar teams. Team meets its purposes well; effective in its tasks; does well relative to other similar teams. 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