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?

• Team member

• Administrator

• Second in command

• Leader

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

• No

• It depends on who I'm dining with

• I like to pay for everyone

• Yes

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

• Start calling in sick yourself

• Just concentrate on your work

• Discuss the situation with the rest of your team

• Take the initiative and kick the person off the team

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

• Family

• Success

• Money

• Friendship

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

• Leave the group/team

• Continue to argue that your idea is better

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

• Pout, scream or cry

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

• Make sure everyone knows that you did all the work

• Berate the rest of your team for being lazy

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

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

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

• I'm smarter than most people

• I can help explain things to others

• I think outside the box

• I follow directions well

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

• 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

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

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

• Keep the $1000 for yourself

• Split up the prize money equally

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

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

• Kick them off the team

• Make fun of the person

• 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?

• Calmly explain to this person that they are being disruptive

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

• Ignore the situation

• Kick the person off the team

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

• Have a group discussion about how you can do better

• Single out people in the group who have no contributed

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

• Leave the group and blame everyone else for its failures

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

• Leave your team and join the other team

• Berate your team for not being good enough

• 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?

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

• Take all the credit

• Praise the rest of your team

• Take none of the credit

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

• Leave the group and never look back

• Explain to your team how they could have done better

• Take all of the blame

• Place all of the blame on others