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. When we recruit new team members or leaders, we define precisely the skills we need them to have to do the job and to make, or keep, us a SuperTeam.
_____ 2. When we recruit new team members, we consider very seriously the people we already have on the team and how the new team members will need to fit in.
_____ 3. We assess the potential new team members’ skills in working with others on a team, not merely their technical skills.
_____ 4. We only use skilled assessors and proven tools for selection; we don’t treat selection lightly.
_____ 5. We conduct reviews of new recruits to learn what went well and what went less well during the selection process.
_____ Total score
Interpreting Your Scores
0 to 5. Your team needs to review its recruitment processes because you are not getting the best possible new team members you can. You may be missing job skills or at least the skills to make your team a SuperTeam.
6 to 10. Your team has some of the basics right, but there is plenty of room for improvement. You probably have a mix of those who fit in and those who can do the job really well but not many who can do both.
11 to 15. Your team appears to understand how to build a SuperTeam. Go back and look at the questions where you did not score 3. Keep reading because, in this chapter, we give you ideas on how to close that final gap.
