Being an Effective Team Member

 

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What are the characteristics of a person who has a proactive attitude?

• Is a good planner

• Is a good communicator

• Is energetic, with contagious enthusiasm

• Is a good problem solver

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What are the characteristics of a person who has a proactive attitude?

• Uses creativity to find solutions to potential problems

• Communicates clearly and thoroughly

• Displays energy and enthusiasm

• Plans ahead and anticipates what the team will need to do

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What are some examples of being a proactive team member?

• An HR team member develops a checklist of what to include in a new-hire welcome packet

• An editorial team member gets her team to sign off on using a more efficient fact-checking process

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Which two situations exemplify being a proactive team member?

• A virtual team member creates a chart listing her teammates' time zones

• A project team member gets input from the entire team for a process improvement strategy

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Which two responses demonstrate ways to acknowledge different opinions?

• "I'm not sure I understand where this is going, but go ahead."

• "That makes sense. But I don't agree..."

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Reuben and Lisa are teammates, but that's about all they have in common. Reuben is very conservative and cautious, whereas Lisa is more progressive and eager to try new things.

What are some examples of things Reuben could say to demonstrate respect?

• "I may be wrong, but I believe we paid for new branding two years ago."

• "We clearly aren't going to agree, but perhaps we can agree to disagree."

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Which statements exemplify ways to demonstrate respect?

• "It's been my experience that data can be manipulated."

• "We should re-examine the data to find the problem."

• "Your opinion appears to be based on the available data."

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You and Sally are teammates. Sally tells you that the team is going to miss tomorrow morning's deadline because she has fallen behind. Later that day, the team leader tells you the deadline has been pushed out to the end of the week.

Which two examples demonstrate strategies for working collaboratively with others?

• You tell Sally, "I have some spare time this afternoon. I'll help you get your work done."

• You tell Sally the news about the rescheduled deadline immediately.

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What are two examples that demonstrate strategies for working collaboratively with others on your team?

• When a client contacts you one evening about an urgent change, you send out an e-mail asking everyone on the team to attend a meeting first thing in the morning.

• After working many overtime hours, you plan on leaving early one day. However, when a crisis arises, you stay late again to deal with it.