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Assessing Team Values Instrument
ASSESMENT
Instructions: The 15 items that follow reflect values associated with teams and teamwork. Circle the number that
reflects your opinion of how each value relates to your current team function.
1.
Priorities
Vague, poorly defined
2.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Clearly stated
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Sufficient
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Quite apparent
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Open, shared
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Supportive, clear
Unrealistic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Aligned with our ability
Excessive
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Appropriate
Powerless, ineffective
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fully empowered
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Knowledgeable,
committed
Resources for doing
job
Inadequate
3.
Trust shown by
managing our ability
to succeed with
project
No evidence of it
4.
Communications
among team
members
Hidden agendas
5.
Communications with
management
Closed, dishonest
6.
7.
8.
9.
Expectations
regarding outcomes
Workload
Authority
Team makeup
Lacking expertise or desire
Caroselli, Marlene. “What Values Drive Your Team?” Team and Organization Development Sourcebook. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1999.
10. Mission
Never referred to
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Guides our work
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Optimized our team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Productive
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Leader inspires us
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Management applauds
us
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Close, familial
11. Leadership of team
Weak, unstructured
12. Meetings
Time-wasting
13. Motivation
Dispirited, burnt out
14. Recognition
Management doesn’t care
15. Team Spirit
Division, hostile
Total of 15 circled numbers: ________________________________________
SCORING
Directions: Add the totals and divide by the number of team members to obtain an average total score. Then
obtain the team average for each of the 15 items.
Caroselli, Marlene. “What Values Drive Your Team?” Team and Organization Development Sourcebook. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Item Number
1.
Priorities
2.
Resources
3.
Trust
4.
Communications among team
members
5.
Communications with management
6.
Expectations
7.
Workload
8.
Authority
9.
Team makeup
Team Score
My Score
10. Mission
11. Leadership
Caroselli, Marlene. “What Values Drive Your Team?” Team and Organization Development Sourcebook. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1999.
12. Meetings
13. Motivation
14. Recognition
15. Team Spirit
INTERPRETATION
A. An overall average score below 75 indicates the team as a whole is not ready to function (or is not yet
functioning) cohesively. One way to overcome the problem is to determine which values are most critical,
how the group scored them, and how those values could be shared or strengthened.
B.
For the individual items, those with an average team score of 4 or lower deserve special attention. These
items could become serious problems spots for the team if not addressed early in the team’s functioning.
Outside help may be needed until the problems are resolved.
Caroselli, Marlene. “What Values Drive Your Team?” Team and Organization Development Sourcebook. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1999.