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1
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What makes a good team member?

A

Key skills for effective team-work include:
• Listening to other people’s ideas
• Discussing with team members and encouraging them to interact
• Respecting others and their ideas
• Sharing information to create a positive team environment
• Participation and ensuring all team members get involved
• Good communication skills
• Identify strengths and weaknesses
• Reflection

2
Q

What are the benefits of team working?

A
 Improved productivity
 Improved quality
 Improved customer focus.
 Speed up the development of solutions.
 Increase employee motivation.
 Utilise different skillsets
3
Q

What are the characteristics of an effective team?

A
  • common sense of purpose;
  • clear understanding of the team’s objectives;
  • resources to achieve those objectives;
  • mutual respect among team members, both as individuals and for the contribution each makes to the team’s performance;
  • a valuing of members’ strengths and respecting their weaknesses;
  • mutual trust;
  • willingness to share knowledge and expertise;
  • willingness to speak openly;
  • range of skills among team members to deal effectively with all its tasks;
  • range of personal styles for the various roles needed to carry out the team’s tasks.
4
Q

What did you learn at the mace manager training course?

A
  • Embed Mace values in my role as a manager
  • Understand my role and responsibilities
  • Delegate and set expectations for my staff
  • Know how to motivate and inspire
  • Setting objectives
  • Time management
5
Q

How would you run an effective meeting?

A

• Agenda discipline
o Start and end time of meeting.
o Times against each item.
o Brief attendees to prepare specific information if required – manage participation up or down
o Put easier items at the start and end and the most important items in the middle to take advantage of when attendees would be most alert and engaged.

6
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If a member of your team was over enthusiastic in a meeting how would you deal with it?

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  • If they were over elaborating on a topic I would thank them for their contribution clarifying the key information required stating that we must stick to the agenda of the meeting and the time available.
  • Direct questions to their colleague.
  • If in relation to a particular topic state that it should be discussed in more depth after the meeting with only the required parties.
7
Q

If a member of your team was difficult or disruptive in a meeting how would you deal with it?

A

• I would analyse the situation to be clear about the issue and the effect the person has on other team members.

• I would take them aside and inform them that their behaviour is not appropriate and try to ascertain the reason why:
o Personal issue.
o Problem with another team member.
o Agitated about a project issue or decision.

• If there was no reason or the answer was not to my satisfaction I would request that they make an effort to improve their conduct in the future.

• If their behaviour did not improve I would:
o If member of Equals then speak to senior management about replacing this person.
o If member of project team then speak to senior management and client about replacing them.

8
Q

Why are team building exercises important?

A

They build relationships and trust in a non-working environment, a key element of high performing teams.
E.g. Sporting event (go-karting, football, softball), meals, pubs.

9
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If you were brought into a project after the previous PM had left how would you deal with the situation?

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I would meet with the client and project team to discuss what went wrong in order to analyse the situation and put in place a recovery plan with buy in from the project team.
I would detail the current status of the project and the methods and actions to get I back on track.

10
Q

What are the difficulties of achieving high performing teams in the construction industry?

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 Projects last several years making personnel change inevitable.
 Different engagements required at each stage.
 Lack of trust between client and contractor.

To overcome this I:

 Understand people’s motives
 Setting of short term goals.
 Holding regular team building events even if it is just drinks in a pub after a meeting.

11
Q

How would you go about recruitment for your team?

A
  • Firstly, I would identify the skill gaps, and the level of competency and skill required to fill the gaps.
  • I would then look internally, to see if there was an appropriate individual within the team already.
  • If not, I would advertise the position.
12
Q

What are the pros and cons of partnering?

A

Pros
- More teamworking which can share responsibility and efficiency of completing the task
- Increased employee morale
- Less adversarial
Cons
- Conflicts in working styles
- Too many leaders and not enough operatives
- Less pressure and incentive to get work done due to no

13
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What were the Latham Report Recommendations?

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  • That the Government should become a best practice client.
  • That the NEC suite of contracts be adopted to improve a less adversarial approach.
  • Encouraged Partnering between companies and organisations.
  • Risk should be allocated to the party best able to handle it.
14
Q

Can you share an example of working as part of an effective team?

A
  • Since the Corona lockdown I have managed to maintain good team relations and procedures whilst working remotely.
15
Q

What do you mean by synergy?

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This is the concept that a combination of people would make a bigger output than if those people were working individually.

16
Q

What needs to be done for effective meeting?

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  • Agenda
  • Brief attendees on their actions from last time
  • Timely invitation
  • Minute everything adequately
  • Make sure agendas do not overrun
17
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If a member of your team was disruptive in a meeting how would you deal with it?

A
  • Analyse the situation
  • Speak to person and consider reasons for disruption
  • If no reason and no progress speak to their manager to try and get resolved.
18
Q

Can you give an example of when you implemented teamwork in a project?

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19
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How would you positively motivate your team members?

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  • Team building exercises
  • Make sure their voice is heard
  • Provide additional support if they need extra resources
  • Clear communication and brief.
20
Q

Think of a team you have worked within – which role did you play?

A
  • plant;
  • resource investigator;
  • co-ordinator;
  • shaper;
  • monitor evaluator;
  • teamworker;
  • implementer;
  • completer; or
  • specialist.
21
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How successful do you think the team was? Why?

A
  • a common sense of purpose;
  • a clear understanding of the team’s objectives;
  • the resource to achieve those objectives;
  • mutual respect among team members, both as individuals and for the contribution each makes to the team’s performance;
  • a valuing of members’ strengths and respect of their weaknesses;
  • mutual trust;
  • a willingness to share knowledge and expertise;
  • a willingness to speak openly;
  • a range of skills among team members to deal -effectively with all its tasks;
  • a range of personal styles for the various roles needed to carry out the team’s tasks.