Deck 7: Building a Successful Leadership Team

Question 1

Which trend is not contributing to the current revolutionary transformation of the healthcare industry?

A) Demand for healthcare increasing
B) Baby Boomer cohort aging
C) Health plans shifting from government payers to employee sponsorship
D) The need for clinical and administrative teams

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Collaboration does the following:

A) Decreases synergy
B) Decreases cost-effectiveness
C) Conflicts with team development
D) Increases quality of care

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Healthcare entities may develop several teams, perhaps even hundreds of teams.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Teams routinely form of their own volition.

Question 5

The purpose and function of a team is delineated in their:

A) Committee
B) Meeting
C) Agenda
D) Charter

Question 6

A team charter should not include:

A) Time of meetings
B) Team name
C) Team purpose
D) Goals and objectives

Question 7

Team members may have to defer their personal goals to focus on the larger mission of the group.

Question 8

Membership on a team should not be influenced by a person's:

A) Position in the organization
B) Education
C) Age
D) Diligence

Question 9

The team deliverables (outcomes of the team's work) should be:

A) Subjective
B) Nontransparent
C) Vague
D) Measurable

Question 10

It is important that the team leader does not define the scope of the team's efforts and allows the team membership to do so.

Question 11

Which types of teams are especially prevalent and helpful in healthcare organizations that have employees working in non-overlapping shifts?

A) Virtual team
B) Cross-functional team
C) Self-managed team
D) Problem-solving team

Question 12

During which phase may a team not produce discernible results but will be actively learning?

A) Forming
B) Storming
C) Norming
D) Performing

Question 13

Teams can be considered "living beings."

Question 14

Research has demonstrated that teams were significantly more satisfied with their meetings if they had:

A) More meetings
B) Longer meetings
C) More functional interaction
D) An agenda

Question 15

Which of the following could be a cause of a team's progress being stalled?

A) Consensus
B) Group think
C) Open communication
D) Storming