How Well Are You Teaming?
How Are Your Team Skills?
Successful teamwork is 10% knowledge and 90% practice. Do you have the right stuff when it comes to creating successful teams and partnerships? Put yourself to the test and know for sure.
People who consistently create powerful relationships at work are people who know and practice great team skills. Are you one of them?
Check the statements below that are true for you , then read on to see where you stand.
_____ I build effective partnerships with people on whom I depend to get my work done.
_____ I have a proven system for creating productive partnerships.
_____ I work to correct issues in my relationship with others when they don’t deliver so I can continue to depend on them.
_____ I ask myself if I intend to keep an agreement as I make it.
_____ I own up to a broken agreement immediately and make amends at the first possible opportunity.
_____ I know how to break an agreement without breaking trust.
_____ I confront co-workers when they have broken an agreement with me rather than ignore or stew over it.
_____ I confront co-workers when they behave unethically, immorally, or illegally.
_____ I negotiate with co-workers about how we will work together and treat one another, as well as how we will address problems.
_____ I know how I want to be treated in a work relationship and understand how to ask for it.
_____ I view relationship/partnering breakdowns as an opportunity to ask for what I want to see happen in the future.
_____ I work to ensure that I’m aligned with others and pursuing shared goals when our results depend on their performance.
_____ I learn and act upon what success means to others when my work depends on their performance.
_____ I check in on how things are going to make needed adjustments.
_____ I know how to use interest based negotiation when needed. (expanding the pie vs fighting over it)
Scoring
Give yourself one point for each statement you checked as true.Then look below to see where you stand when it comes to your team skills.
0-3 Your results at work suffer from a lack of working successfully with others. Invest in individual team-skill development soon.
4-7 You miss out on the optimal benefits of working responsibly and productively with others. Learn more about team skills and practice them.
8-11 You maximize your technical skills through your relationships with others and are considered a good partner and teammate. Focus on sustaining and building upon these strengths.
12-15 You are poised for collaborative greatness. Put yourself in a position to leverage your own and other’s talents.
