Best Team Practices . . . in a Word


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.....Best Team Practices . . . in a Word, by Donna Deeprose

.ASSESSMENT:

1)	The glue that holds a team together is its shared __________.

	Workload
	Workspace
	Purpose

2)	Specific __________ give a team direction and a yardstick for measuring performance.

	Instructions
	Goals
	Criteria

3)	You need a team when the work of several people is __________.

	Interdependent
	Identical
	Sequential

4)	In business teams, leadership is usually __________.

	Unnecessary
	Designated
	Shared

5)	In teams that perform smoothly, disagreements among members are _________.

	Open
	Nonexistent
	Minimized

6)	_________ hold themselves accountable for results in high performing teams.

	Leaders
	Members
	Managers

7)	Team members' financial rewards should _________ be determined by the total team performance.

	Never
	Solely
	Partly

8)	When high performing teams make decisions, they seek input from all _________.

	Members
	Stakeholders
	Executives

9)	In mature teams, _________ confront and counsel poorly performing members.

	Friends
	Leaders
	Teammates

10)

Team autonomy is best maintained by _________ reports to upper management.

	Scheduled
	Infrequent
	Frequent

OK, you can't really describe best team practices in one word. But you can test your team savvy by choosing the word that you think best fills in the blanks in the following 10 statements.

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