Team Effectiveness Assessment

👋 Welcome to this confidential and anonymous team assessment. It's an opportunity for us to pause, reflect, and share how things are going for us as a team.


Your input will help us evolve how we work together: strengthening our goals, clarifying roles, improving processes, and deepening relationships. There are no right or wrong answers—just honest ones.


Please rate each statement on a scale from 1 to 10—about us as a team, not the greater organization.

Let’s grow forward—together.

Indicate your response for each item on this 1-to-10 scale about our team

Areas

1 = Low capability, awareness, or alignment

10 = We consistently live this out

Shared Goals

Not connected to a meaningful purpose; Confused, diverse, conflicting or imposed

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Poor Excellent

Clear and understood by all; Shared and committed to by all; We feel involved at the right level

Goal Focus

We rarely revisit goals once set; Goals seem mainly task-oriented, operational, or financial

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Poor Excellent

We regularly revisit and refresh direction based on new insight or changing realities; We integrate human, systemic, and societal impact

Roles &

Responsibilities

Roles are undefined or unclear; Some create conflict, confusion, or competition; People are unsure how their work fits into the bigger picture or how others contribute and integrate

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Poor Excellent

Roles are explicit and clearly understood by all; We agree on member roles; Everyone knows how their work contributes to the collective purposeand how others add value to the whole

Team Learning

We focus mostly on getting things done, not growing people; Some are rigid and inflexible; New ideas are shut down; Feedback is avoided, unclear, or personal; We don't focus on learning or un-learning outdated methods

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Poor Excellent

Team is flexible, adaptable; We seek new and better ways; We encourage each other to evolve our thinking; Feedback is welcomed and used for mutual development; We embed learning into our work practices

Leadership

Group needs for leadership are not met; Leadership is centralized; A few dominate while others are passive

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Poor Excellent

Leadership is shared when appropriate—people step up and lead in their areas of strength; Leadership is dynamic—people lead based on need, not title

Problem Solving

We jump prematurely to remedial proposals; We treat symptoms rather than root causes; We don't see the dynamic system at play; We offer piecemeal or fragmented solutions; We're unclear which problems are ours to own

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Poor Excellent

When problem arise they're carefully diagnosed before action is proposed; Solutions address root causes and systemic implications; We consider the effects our actions and inactions have on the entire system

Decisions

Needed decisions don’t get made in a timely manner; Decisions made by some members while others are uncommitted or uninformed

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Poor Excellent

Decisions are made with input from those most affected; They're inclusive and grounded in diverse perspectives; Final decisions are fully supported vs uncommitted

Growth & Development

Members are in a rut; We operate mechanically vs continuously improving; Persons stereotyped or stuck in their roles; We are not evolving our capacity so that we can evolve our system to the next level

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Poor Excellent

Our thinking and perspectives are expanding and maturing; We're becoming more capable, systemic, and innovative as we foster the growth of our stakeholders' capabilities

Feelings & Trust

It feels risky or unsafe to be vulnerable or disagree; Some distrust one another; We're too polite and careful; We're closed and guarded; We're afraid to criticize or to be criticized

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Poor Excellent

Psychological safety is strong; Even hard truths are handled with respect and curiosity; Members trust one another; We freely disagree without fearing reprisal

Participation

Few dominate; Some don't feel listened to; Several talk at once or interrupt; The pecking order or hierarchy prevents full participation

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Poor Excellent

All participate and feel heard; All feel respected and cared for; We respect and consider all input; Full participation regardless of title

1. In a word or two, describe our team, e.g., productive, supportive, chaotic, distracted...

2. If you could grant three wishes for this team, what would they be?

3. What topic or issue was not covered that needs to be?