Instructions
Read each statement below, and, using the following scale, decide how accurately it describes your team:
Strongly disagree: 0 points
Disagree: 1 point
Agree: 2 points
Strongly agree: 3 points
Place the point value of your answer choice on the blank line at the beginning of each statement below:
_____ 1. The team leader brings the future alive and helps the team understand what true success will look like.
_____ 2. The team leader enables each team member to understand what really matters and how the team members are going to work together.
_____ 3. The team leader ensures that each team member knows his or her role, is equipped to fill it, is capable of filling it, and knows how well he or she is doing against it.
_____ 4. The team leader makes things possible; he or she enables the team to succeed and ensures that the team does.
_____ 5. The team leader accepts accountability yet shares the credit for the team’s successes.
_____ Total score
Interpreting Your Scores
0 to 5. If the team is succeeding, it may be despite the leader rather than because of him. There is little direction, and there are probably low levels of commitment. Team members are unlikely to respect the team or the team leader. Teams like this can be successful, but the success is rarely sustainable.
6 to 10. The basics appear to be in place, and you have some leadership taking place. There may be a general sense of direction and some oversight of team performance. There is probably little energy or passion for what the team does.
11 to 15. Your team appears to have effective leadership. The team leader has communicated the team goals, and the team members are probably committed to them. You may be at or close to SuperTeam status.
