Building a Successful Team

Team work is a business expedient and as such rules cannot be bent when necessary

True

False

Successful groups are part arts, part science

True

False

In your opinion, the major focus (person) on the case study would be?

Before deciding to embark on strategic realignment of FineArt Company, the basic question is:

What is the true position of FineArt’s financials?

What is the real problem with FineArt’s business?

What is the real problem with FineArt’s Management?

What can be done to remedy FineArt’s present situation?

Defining the problem and giving precise directions to the team is the responsibility of

Eric Holt (as the team head)

Randy Louderback (based on his position as Director of Sales & Marketing)

Jack Derry (as the CEO)

Either of Eric and Jack

Any of the 3 persons above

From our case study, Eric must act fast in building up that successful team, not only due to the deadline of achievement but also because

Team members were getting irritated with the attitude of Randy

He needed to prove his experience / expertise in the field

Randy might quit

None of the above applies

New to FineArt Inc, Eric spent his time on ¬¬_____________

Trying to teach his new team how to be successful in the business

Trying to get his new team to agree to his point of view since he was well versed

Trying to teach his new team to deliberate and make tension-free decisions in meetings

Trying to teach his new team the importance of meetings

In conclusion, Eric was not leading a team

True

False

How many of Eric’s new team members were antagonistic of Eric’s plight and held the team in thrall?

Randy Louderback, one of the people who seemingly sabotaged Eric’s process is able to achieve such because of all but one of the below

He had a dynamic personality

He had an almost legendary past

He was in close friendship with the CEO

He was overrated

He was a better team player than Eric