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Table 12.3
Examples of Team Interventions
Problem Solution
An individual in a team is deferring to Say to the Captain: “Do you realize that ______ has great ideas that I
other members of the team see them keeping to themselves but could really help the team?”
The team comes in last in a Say to the team: “Can we try to identify which learning skill we’re
competition and is feeling down struggling with and figure out how to perform better?”
about their comparative performance
A person being ignored by the team Say to the team: “Did you hear that great idea _____ just gave?”
A team has finished a given activity Say to the team: “Are there things we can explore while we’re waiting
and is relaxing before the next for others to catch up?”
challenge
Think of teams you have been on in the past. These don’t have to be formal academic teams—your family,
roommates, grade school gym class “teams,” or any group of people with a common mission will work for
this short exercise. What is an example of a positive intervention you’ve seen? In a brief paragraph,
explain the situation and how things went astray, then why the intervention was so successful.
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