What's My Team Member Style?
Team performance begins with individual
performance. So, what do team members need to do individually to
contribute to their team’s success? What’s My Team Member Style?
provides the needed insight. The 18-item assessment helps
individuals evaluate how they typically behave on a team and the
results reveal their preference for one of 4 team member styles.
With increased awareness, they are able to appreciate other team
members’ contributions and address differences proactively.
Learning Outcomes
- Learn about the 4 team member
styles
- Identify personal team member
style
- Understand how to capitalize on
style strengths and improve trouble spots
- Identify the styles of fellow
teammates
- Plan how to take full advantage
of the team mix of styles
- Realize how one is perceived by
team members through peer feedback
Theory
What’s My Team Member Style? and the other titles in the HRDQ Style Series™ are based on the well-known research and personality
theories of psychologists Carl Jung, William Moulton Marston, and
others. Most research has identified two basic dimensions of style,
which we refer to as assertiveness and expressiveness. Assertiveness
is the effort a person makes to influence or control the thoughts or
actions of others. Expressiveness is the effort that a person makes
to control his or her emotions and feelings when relating to others.
How It Works
Participants respond to 18 statements using a pressure-sensitive
form. After scoring is complete, easy-to-read charts allow
respondents to quickly scan the strengths and trouble spots that
characterize their particular team member styles. To better
understand how they are perceived, individual team members can then
view Feedback Forms provided by their fellow teammates.
The Facilitator Guide features optional activities that allow
participants to practice using flexibility when working with other
styles. These activities utilize Feedback Forms (completed by team
members prior to the training session) and
StylePlay. Each Participant Guide
provides a worksheet for positive personal action planning, a
diagram for creating a team profile, and team action planning.
Uses for What’s My Team Member Style?
What’s My Team Member Style? is an excellent way to kick off
any team-building training and can be used as a stand-alone tool or
as part of a larger program. It is most effective for members of
intact teams who are in the training session together. The
assessment can also assist team members in identifying work roles
that fit with their team member styles. (For more work-role
practice, use Deir el-Medina
and Team-Work & Team-Roles in tandem
with What’s My Team Member Style?)
What to Order
 Order
one Facilitator Guide per trainer and one Participant Guide per
participant. To give participants insight on how they are viewed by
each other, order enough Feedback Forms for each individual to
provide feedback on fellow team members.
Facilitator Guide includes:
- Administrative guidelines
- Theoretical background
- Experiential learning methodology
- Optional 2-hour workshop
- Alternative training design
(3-hour workshop)
- 3 supplemental activities
(required: StylePlay - 12 Group Card
Games and Feedback Forms)
- Training outline template
- Technical information including
validity and normative data
- Sample copy of Participant Guide
- Sample copy of Feedback Form
- CD-ROM containing Microsoft®
PowerPoint® presentation and reproducible masters (activity
handout, certificate of achievement, and training evaluation)
- Convenient binder format
Participant Guide includes:
- 18-item assessment
- Instructions
- Pressure-sensitive response form
- Interpretive information
- Charts depicting style strengths
and trouble spots
- Overview of style-work role
matches
- Individual action planning
worksheet
- Team profile diagram
- Team action planning worksheet
Feedback Form includes:
- 18-item assessment
- Instructions
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