A Rating Scale to Assess Teamness

Criteria	Strongly Agree 5	Agree 4	Undecided 3	Disagree 2	Strongly Disagree 1
1. Cooperation: "Team members work well together."
2. Communication: "Our ability to give and receive necessary information is one of our strengths."
3. Goals: "Goal setting is truly a team activity."
4. Creativity: "Innovation is encouraged and rewarded."
5. Conflict: "Disagreements are faced up to and fully worked through."
6. Support: "Praise and recognition are given enthusiastically."
7. Mutual respect: "Team members show appreciation to one another and avoid sarcasm and put-downs."
8. Commitment: "Everyone is dedicated to furthering team goals."
9. Atmosphere: "The climate is such that people are willing to put forth their best effort."
10.Cohesion: "Team members see themselves as a tight-knit group."
11.Pride: "People feel good about being a team member."
12.Decisions: "Everyone has the fullest opportunity to participate in decisions that affect the group."
13.Openness: "Everyone is encouraged to say what is on his/ her mind without fear of reprisal."
14.Trust: "Team members feel that no one in the group will take advantage of them in any way."
15.Assessment: "The team reviews its own functioning regularly on a frank and open basis."
16.Identification: "I feel that I am treated as a full member of this team and feel very much part of it."
17.Leadership: "Our team leader is a key to our effectiveness."
18.Feedback to leader: "The boss is very open to suggestions about the improvement of his/her performance."

Source: Julius E. Eitington. The Winning Trainer, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.