"Do you work on a team?" Peggy Morrow, one of our favorite HR-related writers, asks. She has facilitated many team building events and found that it is common for teams to have difficulties working together. She's observed that disagreements are often not brought up at meetings, but are instead discussed in cliques between meetings, referring to these as "bathroom" or "parking lot" conversations. 

Here is her list of questions you can use to rate your team's effectiveness.

1. Are different, innovative ideas truly encouraged or does your team tend to reject them and concentrate on why they won't work?
2. Does the team uncover hidden disagreements among its members and fully work them through?
3. Does each team member fully understand their role? Is their role understood by other members of the team?
4. Are team members held accountable for their share of the work?
5. Is there an atmosphere of appreciation, frequent praise and recognition from team member to team member or is it mainly negative and focused on what people are NOT doing?
6. Do you believe that all members are fully committed to your team's goals?
7. Do team members have a feeling of pride about their involvement on the team?

Contact me if you would like to schedule a customized team building event!

Thanks to Peggy Morrow.

peggy@peggymorrow.com

281-280-8190. 

www.peggymorrow.com