.Category
{Team Exercise}
.Stage
{Beyond Basics}
.Title
{Team Type Analysis}
.Minimum
{2-person team}
.Ideal
{6 to 8}
.Maximum
{Teams of more than 15 will have group processes that are unwieldy and hard to manage}
.Mintime
{30 minutes}
.Maxtime
{60 minutes (the more time that is spent, the more conclusions and team contracting can be done)}
.Objective1
{To establish probable pathways and pitfalls of a team based on the distribution of type preferences}
.Objective2
{To strategize and contract with team members to maximize effectiveness}
.Materials1
{Team Type Analysis Worksheet—one for each team member}
.Materials2
{Flipchart paper & Markers (optional)}
.Instruct1
{The exercise assumes every team member knows her/his type preferences and has at least a basic understanding of psychological type and its behavioral implications}
.Instruct2
{Each team member gets a “Team Type Analysis” worksheet (found in Other Handouts).}
.Instruct3
{One team member is chosen to record the team responses in this exercise either on a Team Type Analysis worksheet or on a flip chart.}
.Instruct4
{Team members answer the first 5 questions—taking turns to disclose the individual answers to questions 4 and 5.}
.Instruct5
{Once these questions have been discussed and completed, the team then generates some ideas or action steps to put their insights to work to form a more effective team.}
.Instruct6
{The ideas to which the group agrees to commit should be copied concisely on a new Flip Chart page or a clean Team Type Analysis worksheet to be distributed to all team members.}
.Instruct7
{The team's agreed-upon action steps should be revisited at some agreed-upon future meeting or date to check for compliance and to recalibrate the team's developmental efforts.}
.Option
{Use or refer client to the Type Table Analysis guidelines detailed in Trainer Tips.}
