Teamwork Evaluation

TEAMWORK EVALUATION

Objectives: To give team members the opportunity to see how others perceive them as team members. To build trust among team members. To open the lines of communication between team members.	Name:
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Directions:

List alphabetically (by name), the members of your team. Include yourself in the list.
Take one teamwork element at a time and consider each team member, including yourself. Determine who is "excellent" and who is "poor."
With the range in mind, rate the rest of the group. Use "Elements of Teamwork" as a guide.

Poor = 1

Fair = 2

Average = 3

Good = 4

Excellent = 5

Management Team Members: In the spaces below, list alphabetically the last names of your team members, including yourself.
Teamwork Elements
Communication
Participation
Flexibility
Leadership
Organization
Preparation
Procedure
Commitment

ELEMENTS OF TEAMWORK
	A Poor Team Member	An Excellent Team Member
Communication	Is guarded and close to the vest with little voluntary input, attacks and blames.	Is open and communicates freely without fear of reprisal or embarrassment, listens carefully.
Participation	Lacks initiative to contribute, gives grudging response to requests, is too busy with own concerns.	Is always ready to lend a hand, reaches out to help, is readily available, contributes ideas and suggestions.
Flexibility	Is stubborn, feels own viewpoint is the only one, is always right, won’t consider others’ position.	Is willing to understand others’ position, considers or respects win-win solutions, gives in to support common objective when appropriate.
Leadership	Is hesitant and unsure, vacillates, is not able to win support, exercises no control through fear.	Is firm and fair, holds others accountable for their commitments, is personally accountable, is supportive.
Organization	Defines and organizes personal responsibilities poorly; thinks about task, not results.	Organizes and divides work and responsibility correctly for best achievement of objectives.
Preparation	Is not prepared for action, is uninformed, neglects responsibility to team members.	Is well informed, has good ideas, researches thoroughly, is ready for action.
Procedure	Has no order to effort, applies own rules, has disruptive behavior.	Follows procedures that are followed by all members of team, observes team rules.

Commitment

Does not understand or accept team objective, is not supportive and makes no effort to achieve objectives.

Has high understanding and acceptance of objectives, is fully informed, strongly supportive, active in effort to achieve common objectives.