TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP Flashcards
Describe a situation where you had to work in a team(behavioral)
-good body language and good eye contact
-brief the important details relevant
-issues(and how you resolved it), relate to you]
-learnings
- give a small concluding(to end, that was the last time i had to work as a team and things i learnt from it
I had been involved in a debating inter-house competition, where I was elected to be the first speaker. describe in detail more
however closer to the debate, our second speaker fell sick, and was not able to participate anymore, then I took the intiative to send out interest forms via our school learnign platform team to our house if anyone is willing to take up position of second speaker and luckily somone is willinging to fill one,
then as a team we continous to strive and work as team to prepare for the round and informing the sub of our arguments, providing feedback on each others performance while practing.
what is significant ?-it was significant to me because I was firsthand able to see the importance and impact of teamwork
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link to medicine: upon reflection, the ability to work in a team is essential for doctors, as they have to be able to work as as team with other allied health professionals to achieve the best patient outcomes.
What qualities do you need to be a good team leader or team member?(theoretical)
good team member:
1. willing to listen to the team leader and other team members and willing to contribute ideas
4. willing to assist other team members when required , such as taking extra work whe conflict arises
5. has team spirit and shared the goals of the team
can link to medicine
good team leader:
1.encourage discussion and input from team members
2.able torecognise strenght and delegate tasks accordingly
3. has vision, set goals
4.makes difficult descisions
5.act as a goof role model
how do you think a team leader and team member is different?
similartities team leader is also a team memmber
difference
team leader extra responsibilities -decision mking
conflict management—set things on track so that the outcome on
have the abiluty to insprie and motivate
What role do you usually take in a group(behavioural)
I am flexible in taking on the role of either, and depending on the situation
for example when i was in year 9, we had to complete a project in humanities and we were assigned groups, where we had to make a projectt to make a video informing about australia indigenous history.
I took the initiative to be a leader and indentified y team members strengths and delegated tasks and we were able to complete the video project on time and achieve a top grade for it.
further, i also love being a team member and working part of a team. for example when i was involved in an environmental club in school, i part of a team and was delegated the task of bakign cookies, along with other two members for the fundraiser at school about environmental awareness.
I succesfuly completed and worked well with other team members offering my suggesstion on how we can carry out this fundraiser successfully raisign money for the new garden we were building
Do you enjoy working individually and as a team?(behavioural)
I am flexible and like to work both individually and as team, because working in a team can help,
i love taking on independent projects, however,
also enjoy working together other individuals listening to their suggestions and views points on how to approach a task and work towards the most refined solution.
What are the disadvantages/advantages of teamwork?( can be scenario based, or non-scenario based)
ADVANTAGES:
-improves efficiency and quality of outcomes
-synergy effects due to COMBINED knowledge and skill
-cultivates communication- and the opportunity to develop strong work relationships in work settings
-iless burnout, as tasks have beeen delgated accordign to skill set and each members holds accountability
DISADVANTAGES:
-people might not work as hard- as they feel like they are carrying less of the load, the issue of that no one does anything as someone else will do it
-there are many clashes in personalities and values, which might make the atmosphere within the team tense and uncomfortable, and might be difficult to create a culture, where everyone feels like they are respected and heard -can lead to possible conflict
-it can take longer as if I was team leader individuals goals would have to be set, schedule a regular meeting, and delegate tasks and lot of time and effort to put into communication .
constanlty try to get feedback on teams members morale-IMPORTANT STEP to stop future conflict resolution
what would you do if a team member is not pulling their weight?(may be as scenario(
- approach in nojugement senstive manner
- try to understand why they are not doing their part
- ig genuinly strugglign due to personal issues try talking to redicrect to support servicec, tyro to fix the underlying causes
- if they are just not pulling their wieght then i would take advice tfrom upper management and take their advice on the issue,
perhaps this involves
delegate the person task to another person
or taking upon extra work to still achieve
the poject goal
and not have a big imapct on completing porject
these are the steps i would take
We have all had to handle difficult people at some point in our lives. How do you handle difficult people?(behavioural)
IMPORTANT to highlight people are not usually difficult because they want to be, there is a reason or factor that leads to this behavior
we must find out the way they are behaving this and ADDRESS THIS UNDERLYING CAUSE
recently i have been volunteering at my local salvation army, where i had to handle a difficult customers
Please give an example when you demonstrate leadership qualities
When I got an opportunity to be a leader for my tutorial for two terms, a tutorial leader is someone who is responsible for organizing group activities such as games or other fun activities to do as a tutorial, which consists groups of people from different year levels. Me, as the leader asked everyone on what games/activities they would like to do and through the democratic vote was to play the game , Taboo on thursdays. i was invovled in splitting everyone in the tutorial into equal groups, assigning then as group a, group b and incorporated a reward system such as the most number of wins by the end of the term, everyone in the team would get a favoruites box of chocolates, which motivated everyone to actively participate
. I was also responsible for coordinating the game while it is happening such as who read enacted the words from each respective team through this experience,
i learnt the importance to respect everyone’s opinion as a leader, so that everyone so that everyone cooperate and helps to mitgiate possible conflict and also to try and motivate your team members to help them achieve a common goal.
upon reflection, the ability to be a leader is essential in the medical field, because doctors are often needed to be leader for example a treatment group, or to mentor a medical interns, or lead a group health professionals or a be a leader of a reasearch unit.
to end, this is the last time i demonstrate leadership, and what i learnt from it
please give an example of a good leader you know. what made them a good leader?
Mother Teresa is an inspiring leader who helped make a difference in the world by spreading compassion there are three reasons why she is a good leader
1. she looked beyond race, gender, and skin color and help to care for the poor, sick, and disadvantaged aroudn the world and this is an important attribute for a good leader they should be able to value each team member as an individual, regardless of their gender, race, religion, class, country of origin.
- she was able to spread happiness across the slum community, through the love she provided and this is essential for modern-day leaders to be able to find ways to share experiences and happiness with the team and acknowledge everyone on the team this in turn will boost the team’s morale and productivity,
- she showed compassion and kindness and good leaders are able to show compassion and can build trusting relationships with team members which can turn help strengthen the team as a whole and more likely to achieve common goals.
You are the team leader of a group of 5 for a project. You have noticed that in your team however, the contribution of the members is not equal. Specifically, one of your team members appears to be shy and does not contribute in meetings, whilst one members contributes too much and doesn’t let other speak enough.
- have you ever had a similar situation occur in real life and if so how you would approach it?
can ask from your experience what you find advantages of teamwork
=there was a synergy because suggestions from other members on the task at hand
-greater motivation, able to push each other and motivate each other to complete the task and in this case help each other
can ask from your experience what you find disadvantages of teamwork
communication challenges can be faced, in this case, in this my team members were hesitant to speak up about the challenges they are facing with the task.
- yes, when we had an oral presentation to do in English, where we had to present our findings and interpretations of what we had analyzed to the class, I was in a group of three, and one of my team members was not able to contribute much of our brainstorm on the themes of the book and finding quotes, and presenting the greater ideas present within the ook.
We made a google presentation and I noticed that the team members were not completing their slides as the deadline of the project approached. I took the initiative to talk to her separately away from the members, and ask in a non-confrontational manner, if was there any reason that she was not able to complete her slides, she was able to confide that she was a bit lost with the project and did not understand the task.
so, I asked her if it is okay if we met after school to work on the project and understand her tasks in the project, then we worked together, to address and tried to help her understand her task which is how to analyze the greater themes in the book. After working on this together, she was able to complete her component, and we were able to complete the presentation on time. t
hrough this experience, I learned the importance of understanding that there may a reason that the individual is not contributing, and is good to approach them and work together to address the problem.
You are the team leader of a group of 5 for a project. You have notices that in your team however, that contribution of the members is not equal. Specifically, one of your team members appears to be shy and does not contribute in meetings, whilst one members contributes too much and doesnt let other speak enough.
- as the team leader what would your first steps be to alleviate the issue
- talk to each member privately to clarify is the members and understand the problem and to not make assumptions and understand if they are doing it intentionally or unintentionally and that maybe that person who talks too much does it naturally..
Do not become confrontational or abrupt,
then I would work together with each member to address why this was the case
for the member who had difficulty speaking, i would try to help the team member overcome their issues by undertaking steps such as encouraging them to join public speaking training courses to overcome their fright
try my best to offer assistance on how to improve
with the consent of the team member maybe talk to the team about the issue and provide the member extra time to present if they feel comfortable
after talking to the second member they talked more because they liked taking extra time to explain their opinions then I would try my best to assist the team member and try to explain to the member the benefits of everyone contributing and how new viewpoints could help
maybe introduce a system perhaps where each person had a set time to contribute their ideas and if others did not want to participate, the member could continue to explain his views
You are the team leader of a group of 5 for a project. You have notices that in your team however, that contribution of the members is not equal. Specifically, one of your team members appears to be shy and does not contribute in meetings, whilst one members contributes too much and doesnt let other speak enough.
Q2. what is your tactics did not work what would you do then
As, the team leader, can discuss upper management and seek advice
and implement their advice
which could include stricter measures
-introduce a mandatory amount of time for each person to speak if the team agreed
-provide compulsory public speaking training to each team
you are a team leader working at a professional company, a major conflict has occurred between two members of your team and you have not yet spoken to them as they have both avoided speaking to each other
how would you mitigate the chances of future conflict arising
- you can require the members to undertake conflict resolution training as they personally can learn how to deescalate situations
- you can require members to undertake conflict prevention training and understand how to avoid the likelihood of conflicts occurring
- you can explain to the members the clear protocols in place if there are any of the workplaces for conflict situations so the other members can understand how they can assist in reducing conflict
- you can check up with the team regularly to understand if any members are facing any problems and try to resolve the issue
why is time management important for effective teamwork?
time management important because
-more efficienct–sable to see the goal—-productivity
-motivation
-organsied–less tressufl
not able to complete by deadline-what steps should you take
- assistance and contact groups if required
- explain to the team that contributions both in the meetings and from work in the project would have to change and try to gauge which members would assist
- if possible arrange an extension for the project deadline
- explain that you would be willing to put yourself to take some work and help the team and if all of these are not possible discuss with upper management and ays you could work around this.
