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The Rating Scale:

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The Rating Scale:
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4Usually

5Always

Team members admit their mistakes.

Team members are passionate and unguarded in their discussion of issues.
Team members are quick to point out the contributions and achievements of others.
Team meetings are interesting and compelling (not boring).
During team meetings, the most importantand difficultissues are discussed.
Team members acknowledge their weaknesses to one another.
Team members voice their opinions even at the risk of causing disagreement.
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Please assign a rating to each statement. It is essential to the accurate scoring of

this instrument.
Please evaluate the statements honestly and be as objective as possible. Be
thoughtful about your responses, but dont agonize over each response. Your
initial gut feel is usually best.
Use the scale below to indicate how each statement applies to your team. Please
remember to use the entire scale (15) to represent your most accurate response.
The assessment should not take more than 15 minutes. When you have completed
the Team Assessment, please transfer your ratings to the scoring page. Tear off that
scoring page and return it to:
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INSTRUCTIONS

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The primary purpose of this assessment is to provide you with a sense of your
teams unique strengths and areas for improvement. For a more accurate and holistic
analysis, we encourage your entire team to complete the Assessment. While the
assessment itself provides an interesting perspective, its most important aspect is the
discussion it may provoke around specific issues.

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INTRODUCTION

5Always

Team members point out one anothers unproductive behaviors.

The team has a reputation for high performance.
Team members ask for help without hesitation.
Team members leave meetings confident that everyone is committed to the decisions
that were agreed upon.
During discussions, team members challenge one another about how they arrived at
their conclusions and opinions.
Team members ask one another for input regarding their areas of responsibility.
When the team fails to achieve collective goals, each member takes personal responsibility to improve the teams performance.
Team members willingly make sacrifices in their areas for the good of the team.
Team members are quick to confront peers about problems in their respective areas of
responsibility.
Team members acknowledge and tap into one anothers skills and expertise.
Team members solicit one anothers opinions during meetings.
Team members end discussions with clear and specific resolutions and calls to action.
Team members question one another about their current approaches and methods.
The team ensures that poor performers feel pressure and the expectation to improve.
Team members willingly apologize to one another.
Team members communicate unpopular opinions to the group.
The team is clear about its direction and priorities.
Team members are slow to seek credit for their own contributions.
All members of the team are held to the same high standards.
When conflict occurs, the team confronts and deals with the issue before moving to
another subject.
The team is aligned around common objectives.
The team consistently achieves its objectives.
The team is decisive, even when perfect information is not available.
Team members value collective success more than individual achievement.
Team members are unguarded and genuine with one another.
Team members can comfortably discuss their personal lives with one another.
The team sticks to decisions.
Team members consistently follow through on promises and commitments.
Team members offer unprovoked, constructive feedback to one another.
Team members place little importance on titles and status. (A high score on this statement indicates that titles and status are NOT important to team members.)
Team members support group decisions even if they initially disagreed.

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TEAM ASSESSMENT SCORING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Transfer your ratings from the statement on the Team Assessment
to the corresponding blanks below. Make certain that the number
you assigned to each statement is transferred to the appropriate
blank.
2. Add the columns and fill in the totals.
3. To determine the average score for each fundamental, divide the total
score by the number indicated below the total for each column.
TRUST

CONFLICT

COMMITMENT ACCOUNTABILITY

RESULTS

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AVERAGE

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AVERAGE

Note on Group Scoring

To determine the average team score for each fundamental add the individuals total scores and divide by the number of participants. You can use the
grid on the back of this page to interpret the results.
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SCORING INTERPRETATION
High
Average score of
3.75 and above

Medium
Average score of
3.25 3.74

Low
Average score
3.24 and below

Your team has

created an environment where vulnerability and openness
are the norm.

Your team may need to

get more comfortable
being vulnerable and
open with one another
about individual strengths,
weaknesses, mistakes and
needs for help.

Your team lacks

necessary levels
of openness and
vulnerability about
individual strengths,
weaknesses, mistakes
and needs for help.

Your team is comfortable engaging in

unfiltered discussion
around important
topics.

Your team may need to

learn to engage in more
unfiltered discussion
around important topics.

Your team is not

comfortable engaging
in unfiltered
discussion around
important topics.

Commitment

Your team is able

to buy-in to clear
decisions leaving little
room for ambiguity
and second-guessing.

Your team may struggle at

times to buy-in to clear
decisions. This could be
creating ambiguity within
the organization.

Your team is not able

to buy-in to clear
decisions, leaving
room for ambiguity
and second-guessing.

Accountability

Your team does not

hesitate to confront
one another about
performance and
behavioral concerns.

Your team may be

hesitating to confront
one another about performance and behavioral
concerns.

Your team hesitates

to confront one
another about
performance and
behavioral concerns.

Your team values

collective outcomes
more than individual
recognition and
attainment of status.

Members of your team

may be placing too much
importance on individual
or departmental recognition and ego, rather than
focusing on the collective
goals of the team.

Your team needs to

place greater value
on the collective
achievement of
outcomes, rather than
individual or departmental recognition
and ego.

Trust

Conflict

Results

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The

DYSFUNCTIONS
of a TEAM

Copyright 2007 by Patrick Lencioni.

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