SoE - Diversity, inclusion and teamworking

Question 1

How would you deal with a member of the team who is negative towards a particular task and is disruptive?

Answer 1

I would speak to the team member on a one to one basis and ask if they’re is anything wrong. I would air my though and see if they understand why and what we are doing. This could be escalated to a line manager for further review.

Question 2

What are some types of teams?

Answer 2

• Office Team
• Project Team
• Accounts Team
• Design Team

Question 3

What is unconscious boas and how would you manage it?

Answer 3

How a person thinks can depend on their life experiences and sometimes they have beliefs and views about other people that might not be right or reasonable.

This is known as ‘unconscious bias’ and includes when a person thinks:

better of someone because they believe they’re alike
less of someone because that person is different to them, for example, they might be of a different race, religion or age
This means they could make a decision influenced by false beliefs or assumptions. Sometimes it’s also called ‘stereotyping’.

Make decisions based on merit and experience, skills and value a person can provide a team.

Question 4

What are the protected characteristics from the Equality Act?

Answer 4

*Age
*Gender reassignment
*Being married or in a civil partnership
*Being pregnant or on maternity leave
*Disability
*Race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin
*Religion or belief
*Sex
*Sexual orientation

Question 5

What is The Equality Act 2010?

Answer 5

The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations.

Question 6

How to improve team dynamics?

Answer 6

• Know your team
• Tackle problems quickly with positive feedback
• Define roles
• Break down barriers
• Clear communication
• Focused attention.

Question 7

What is Tuckmans Theory?

Answer 7

• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing
• Adjoining

Question 8

What is teamworking?

Answer 8

Teamwork is the collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way.

Question 9

What is diversity?

Answer 9

The practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc