CTC Team Dynamics & Group Development 3

Question 1

A team coach is working with a high-performing team that has become overly insular and rejects all external input. Which risk does this MOST represent?

Accepted Answer

Insularity and groupthink

Answer

When a cohesive team rejects outside perspectives and becomes self-referential, it is exhibiting insularity often combined with groupthink tendencies.

Question 2

According to Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model, which question must a team answer FIRST to move through the model?

Accepted Answer

Who are you?

Answer

The first stage of the Drexler/Sibbet model is Orientation, anchored by the question 'Who are you?' as team members establish identity and belonging.

Question 3

A team coach uses Wilfred Bion's work to explain why a team keeps seeking a savior leader rather than doing their own work. Which Bion concept applies?

Accepted Answer

Dependency basic assumption

Answer

Bion's 'Dependency' basic assumption describes a group that behaves as if it exists to be protected and sustained by an omnipotent leader.

Question 4

A team has clear goals and trusts each other but consistently underperforms because members don't leverage each other's strengths. Which team coaching focus is MOST needed?

Accepted Answer

Clarifying roles and interdependencies

Answer

When trust and goals are in place but performance lags, clarifying how roles interconnect and how strengths complement each other is the key lever.

Question 5

In team development, 'norming' is BEST characterized by which behavior?

Accepted Answer

Members establish rules, resolve conflict, and develop cohesion

Answer

Norming involves the emergence of group cohesion, agreed-upon norms, and resolution of earlier conflicts from the Storming stage.

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CTC Team Dynamics & Group Development 3