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Aim
This exercise can be used to examine the overall effectiveness of any team. It will also help identify the major strengths and weaknesses of the team. Allow 40 minutes for completion.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to …
- Identify the effectiveness of their team
- Identify areas to improve their team’s performance
Facilitator Guidance
This exercise can be used as part of a team meeting, at a retreat or as part of a workshop. If the team is likely to need help, the feedback from the exercise will need to be managed sensitively.
Suggested Resources
- Task Sheet for each participant, which you can download from the bottom of this page
- Pens
- Flipchart
What to Do (15 minutes)
Introduce the exercise and its purpose to the team.
Each member of the team should complete an action sheet, ticking the boxes that best represent their reaction to the statements (1= strongly disagree, to 5= strongly agree). Explain to the participants that it is in their best interests long term, to be as honest as possible when answering the questions.
Review Activity (15 minutes)
The team members should then share their results, i.e. their response to each statement. Drawing up a grid on a flipchart or overhead transparency is a good way of doing this. You could ask each participant to record their result using the five-bar tally method.
Useful questions/areas for discussion to help facilitation might be:
