Sectio 13C - Traits of a Healthy Team

Question 1

What must leaders cultivate in every stage of team development?

Answer 1

A healthy team spirit.

Question 2

What are the five critical attributes present in all healthy teams?

Answer 2

1) Trust; 2) ethical behavior; 3) sharing information; 4) critical judgment; and 5) cooperation.

Question 3

What attribute is the core of all healthy team interactions?

Answer 3

Trust.

Question 4

Trust gives team the freedom to communicate openly, honestly and directly within the group. (T/F)

Answer 4

True.

Question 5

How might Airmen respond to team members that they do not trust?

Answer 5

By alienating them, ignoring their input and withholding vital information.

Question 6

Trust is vital when sharing and accepting ____ in a team.

Answer 6

Information.

Question 7

Leaders can promote a trusting atmosphere in a team by being trustworthy and by trusting their workers. What else can a leader do to promote trust?

Answer 7

Vital individual differences and encourage open and honest communication.

Question 8

Unethical behavior tends to enhance a team’s spirit. (T/F)

Answer 8

False. (It kills it.)

Question 9

Ethical behaviors in a team conform to your profession’s accepted principles of right and wrong. What does this include?

Answer 9

Honesty, integrity and concern for doing what is right.

Question 10

What must teams openly share inside and outside the group in order to be successful?

Answer 10

Information.

Question 11

How can you encourage positive, open and sincere communication among team members while building a team?

Answer 11

By actively listening and sharing information.

Question 12

A lack of sharing information within teams may cause confusion, frustration and the inability to complete ____.

Answer 12

Taskings.

Question 13

How can a leader increase a team’s success?

Answer 13

By 1) giving complete access to all necessary data; 2) discouraging members from discounting ideas or feelings; 3) encouraging active listening and valuing individual differences.

Question 14

The willingness to accept and encourage constructive criticism in a team increases self-awareness. What else does it do?

Answer 14

It improves team effectiveness.

Question 15

What must teams do to examine their processes and practices?

Answer 15

Accept intragroup feedback (criticism) and outside evaluations.

Question 16

How do intragroup criticism and outside evaluations help build teams?

Answer 16

By redirecting their focus and energy and quickly correcting problems.

Question 17

Critical ____ consistently focuses the team in the right direction.

Answer 17

Judgment.

Question 18

Cooperation creates ____ and faster results from a team.

Answer 18

Synergy.

Question 19

How can a team leader manage differences to enhance cooperation?

Answer 19

Through win/win negotiations and reaching decisions by consensus, not voting.

Question 20

What benefits are created through cooperation in a team?

Answer 20

Shared ownership of team results and achieving objectives increases team pride and a healthy team spirit.

Question 21

Competition in a team enhances cooperation. (T/F)

Answer 21

False. (It hinders cooperation.)

Question 22

How can team leaders reduce power-play behavior?

Answer 22

By reemphasizing the specific roles and responsibilities of each team member.

Question 23

Team members must be comfortable wit, and confident in, one another. (T/F)

Answer 23

True.