How Much of a Team Player Are You?

When working on a group project for school or work, which role do you like to take on?

• Second in command

• Leader

• Administrator

• Team member

When at a restaurant, do you ask for separate bills?

• Yes

• No

• I like to pay for everyone

• It depends on who I'm dining with

A team member has repeatedly called in sick. How do you handle the situation?

• Take the initiative and kick the person off the team

• Discuss the situation with the rest of your team

• Start calling in sick yourself

• Just concentrate on your work

Select what you value the most out of the options below.

• Friendship

• Family

• Money

• Success

You suggest an idea to your group but they all agree to go with another team member's suggestion instead. How do you react?

• Happily go along with what the rest of the group does

• Continue to argue that your idea is better

• Pout, scream or cry

• Leave the group/team

You feel as though you contributed more to a project than other members of the team. What do you do?

• Don't work as hard the next time you are in a group/team

• Berate the rest of your team for being lazy

• Just accept that your group didn't help and move on

• Make sure everyone knows that you did all the work

Select the statement which you feel is most true about you.

• I'm smarter than most people

• I follow directions well

• I think outside the box

• I can help explain things to others

Someone in your group or team gives out an opinion that you disagree with. How do you handle the situation?

• Say you agree with the person even if you don't

• Start rumors about that person and try to have them kicked off the team

• Make fun of the person for their dumb suggestion

• Calmly point out flaws in their idea

Your team is awarded $1000 for first prize. You feel you did most of the work, however. How do you handle the situation?

• Ask your group what they feel a "fair" split of the prize money should be

• Let the rest of the group have the money, you have the satisfaction from a job well done

• Keep the $1000 for yourself

• Split up the prize money equally

One of your teammates or group members is really struggling with their role on the team. How do you handle the situation?

• Work closely with the person to help them get better

• Make fun of the person

• Kick them off the team

• Just don't give that person any important assignments to work on

One member of your team is being disruptive to others and not helping. How do you handle the situation?

• Ignore the situation

• Kick the person off the team

• Calmly explain to this person that they are being disruptive

• Ask the rest of the group what they feel should be done

You are certain that your team is going to fail in its project or game. How do you respond?

• Single out people in the group who have no contributed

• Leave the group and blame everyone else for its failures

• Have a group discussion about how you can do better

• Take on extra work yourself to help improve the group's chances of success

You like the people on a different team better than the people on your current team. How do you handle the situation?

• Do nothing at all

• Berate your team for not being good enough

• Leave your team and join the other team

• Work on making your team better

After your project has been turned in/your game is over, your team won or received a high grade. How do you handle the situation?

• Praise the rest of your team

• Take all the credit

• Take none of the credit

• Explain to your team how they could have done even better

After your project has been turned in/your game is over, your team lost or failed. How do you handle the situation?

• Place all of the blame on others

• Explain to your team how they could have done better

• Take all of the blame

• Leave the group and never look back