Heroes' Quiz
Sridhar Ramanathan
How Healthy is Your Team? Take this survey to your team and answer
the questions together. I promise you it will be a gift to the team
if you take this on with honesty and commitment.
1. What happens after the team meeting? Do the men just vanish or do
they hang out for a while, continuing to share the moment?
Yes they hang out=3
No=0
2. Men show up — really SHOW UP fully in the circle.
At team meetings=+1
NOM general meeting=+1
NOM events=+1
Add the points (e.g. yes to all three scores 3)
3. There are no broken agreements between team members.
Yes=3
No=0
4. There no buried resentments or past ill will that has not been completely
dealt with by the team.
Yes=3
No=0
5. There are no secrets between the team members.
Yes=3
No=0
6. Men do things for one another and their families outside of the
team.
Yes=3
No=0
7 The men participate and give back. Do you have men on the chief°s
council, hero teams, production, community events?
Yes=3
No=0
8. There are no men who are playing less, playing differently or are
withdrawn from the rest of the team.
Yes=3
No=0
9. The men feel safe to share their truths and deepest secrets.
Yes=3
No=0
10. Guests show up and then want to come back.
Yes=3
No=0
11 Men are listening to one another more than they are engaged in just
trying to solve each others° problems.
Yes=3
No=0
12. Men acknowledge each other's successes with at least as much gusto
as they point out failures. Men celebrate other men's improvements and
victories as if they were their own.
Yes=3
No=0
13. Men tailor their support to the man and offer compassion for his
situation, personality, and history.
Yes=3
No=0
14. Men leave the meeting with a feeling of completion, fulfillment,
and a sense that the meeting was worthwhile.
Yes=3
No=0
Scoring
0-14 POOR: Take a hard look at what°s not working. Something must change.
Bring the results to your team hero and embrace his feedback. You may
not like what he°ll tell you but you°ll thank him later.
15-29 GOOD: There are opportunities to improve the team health. Pick
a few areas and make it a priority to move the needle in those areas.
Make commitments and keep them. Benefit from the growth.
30-42 EXCELLENT: Congratulations, you°re on among the most vibrant
of NoM teams. How can you share your success so other teams/NOM benefits?
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to submissions from Jim Knapp, Moe Rubenzahl,
John Butler, Jim Seyfert, and Cortlandt Wilson.
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