Using a team you have worked with for some time, apply the following scale to evaluate each team member, including yourself, according to the attributes listed. Write the number in the space provided, total the column, average the contribution of this member, and place comments on strengths and weaknesses against the attributes. You will need to complete a separate form for each team member and for yourself.

After completing the forms, meet with your team and review the assessments, using the following approach.

Approach to Providing Constructive Team Member Feedback The goal of this exercise is to provide constructive feedback to your team members to help them be better at working in a team environment.

You want to be honest and specific but, most of all, constructive in everything you say. Note: You may want to review the information on giving and receiving feedback in Chapter 7 before completing this portion of the exercise.

1. Using the evaluation form that you have completed for each individual in your group, select one or two areas of strength and improvement for each person in your group. You should also have a specific example for both.

2. Ask for a volunteer in your group to be the first recipient of the feedback.

3. Then, move from person to person in the group, presenting the strength and then the improvement area for the first recipient. The person receiving the feedback should listen only and not respond unless he or she needs to ask a clarification question. After receiving the feedback, the recipient should simply say, “Thank you.”

4. After everyone has delivered the feedback to the first person, move to the next person to that person’s left until all people in the group have received feedback.

For this exercise to be open and honest and to ensure that the information leads to the team improving its approach to working together, it is better that the individual team assessment and information provided in the team’s discussion remain confidential to the team; therefore, you should not discuss it with anyone outside your team.

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Scale: Needs Improvement Evaluator: 1 2 Average 3 Excellent 5 Name of Team Member Being Assessed: Date: Attribute 1. Positive attitude toward team's work 2. Completed equitable amount of work 3. Participated actively in all meetings 4. Cooperative (easy to work with) 5. Team player (worked with team, not alone) 6. Made meaningful contributions to team discussions, process, and products 7. Good listener, responsive to ideas of others 8. Good problem-solving ability 9. Good at synthesizing team ideas 10. Dependable (team could count on him or her) Total contribution of this team member (total of column divided by 10) Number Comments: