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How does your team leadership show that they respect everyone's voice and value all opinions?

We assign engagement work to staff

We collect input from community members or participants (using focus groups or other methods)

We encourage and allow for diverse opinions in meetings and decision-making

We encourage diverse engagement in all spaces, activities, and opportunities

How does your team leadership incorporate diverse perspectives and ensure balance?

Our group gets along great without much help or attention to group processes

We let everyone talk in meetings, if they have something to say

No single person or group directs discussion or decision-making

We actively seek out perspectives that are different from the core team

How does your team leadership prioritize and resolve competing perspectives?

We let our members make the decision by coming to consensus as a group

We treat all voices with equal importance, no matter what role they hold or the subject of the discussion

Our leaders understand that certain decisions require input from specific stakeholder groups

We have a process in place for resolving conflict and making decisions when competing perspectives are voiced

How does your team leadership encourage an overall culture of engagement?

Engagement policies are in place

New team members are told about policies and procedures

Engagement policies are in place, along with a plan for execution

Our leadership prioritizes hiring new team members with similar values and commitment to those values

In addition to an engagement policy, engagement is represented and carried out as part of other organizational activities

In what ways does your organization provide support to staff for engagement?

Leadership recognizes and addresses limitations to carrying out engagement activities

Goals are consistent with resources (ex. time, supplies, training, technology)

Budgets are appropriate for the values and engagement goals defined

The organization routinely evaluates its projects and resources to ensure appropriate staffing, training, and budget for effective engagement

How does your leadership model the values of engagement?

Our leadership relies on patient community partners and/or engagement staff to push for engagement in all activities

Our leadership has processes to consider engagement in all decisions and activities

Our leadership creates team trainings and facilitates discussions on the values and approaches of engagement

Our team performance in engagement is regularly evaluated

How does your leadership advance its overall organizational work in community engagement?

Our leadership relies on an outside organization (funder, consultant, etc.) to direct community involvement

Our leadership sends staff to engagement-focused conferences and events

Our leadership supports and encourages the professional and personal development of patient community members on their team

Our leadership identifies and connects community members and stakeholders to additional opportunities

Our leadership looks for relationships, networks, and opportunities for partnership within the field

Our leadership encourages relationships across diverse organizations that benefit all involved

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