Indira manages a team of people in the accounting department at Financial Partners, LLP$.$ The company has been in buyout talks with a large competitor for the past few months. As the merger deal nears completion, Indira started noticing a change in her team$$s conduct. One of the collection agents, Malcolm, is taking longer lunches and often returns reeking of alcohol. She observed Akobo, the accounts receivable supervisor, uncharacteristically lashing out at vendors on the phone. Her own assistant, Marjorie, started nervously tapping her feet and pulling at her hair during meetings. Indira is worried about her team members and their well$-$being. According to the protocols of assessment, which of the following actions will help Indira best understand her team members$$ issues?

Multiple Choice

hiring an expert to observe her team members as they work and to report on the status of each member

reading through her team members$$ email correspondence to search for clues about their shift in behavior

bringing in a masseuse at lunch time once a week to give free massages to the team members who want them

instituting a program through which high$-$performing employees mentor lower$-$performing team members

considering what might be causing the issues and surveying team members about the sources of their anxieties