METHODOLOGY ASSESSMENT 4 - Venture Creation: Individual and Team

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Your _______ identity is who you are, whether or not you or others recognize it. It is the seed of your potential.

Your ____________ identity unfolds over time if you work with it. Conversely, it diminishes or becomes stagnant if you work against it.

The challenge in life is to discover your core identity and fulfill the purpose and destiny attached to it.

Creativity, innovation, passion, significance, and success as an entrepreneurial leader all flow from _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Where you live at various times in your life, your work experience, spiritual life, education, hobbies, relationship status, military service, etc. Are all examples of which dimension of personal identity?

Historical and generational events, dramatic events in your personal or family life, significant experiences in your culture/society or even in other parts of the world, are examples of what dimension of personal identity?

Individual development is influenced by biological growth, bodily functions, your spirit, influence from the environment, and __________________________________ as a result of things you do or say.

A group of people brought together to work towards accomplishing a common goal is a ____________________.

Teams should have knowledgedeable members, but they do not need to have a clear purpose, direction, and responsibilities to work effectively.

A company sets up a temporary team with cross-functional members to work on a specific issue. This is most likely a/an _____________________ team.

Friends who want to create a start-up meet in a small office to begin discussing their business ideas. This is a/an _____________________ team.

In a leadership team meeting, the CEO asks three of the company's directors to meet together over the next 3 months to work on a project of mutual interest to their areas of responsibility in the company. They can conduct their work in any way the three of them agree to do it. This is most likely a ____________________ team.

It is important for you as an entrepreneurial leader to understand the stages and dynamics of team development. This is because the entrepreneurial team needs to stay aligned with you, your organization, the business model, and each other to __________________________________________________________________________.

The _________________________________ needs to set the tone and example for team culture, behavioral norms, appropriate interaction styles, and general adherence to organizational values.

In the ________________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) orienting to purpose, tasks and roles; (2) eager to get started but tentative; (3) more dependent on the team leader; (4) feeling some fear and anxiety; and (5) likely to have low task accomplishment.

In the __________________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) orienting to purpose; (2) negotiating on tasks and roles; (3) showing some resistance to tasks, argumentativeness, and defensiveness; (4) expressing frustration or hostility towards the leader; and (5) experiencing some task accomplishment.

In the ___________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) experiencing increased cohesion, common spirit and goals; (2) showing mutual respect, increased trust, and acceptance; (3) avoiding conflicts and drift; and (4) experiencing flat task accomplishment.

In the ___________________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) doing shared problem-solving and constructive self-change; (2) showing more interdependence and understanding of their strengths and weaknesses; (3) having open, honest communication; and (4) experiencing high task accomplishment.

In the ___________________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) more distant, less interested, and less enthusiastic; (2) expressing concern regarding separation; (3) manifesting a mixture of sadness and happiness, and not sure of their direction; and (4) experiencing either high or low task accomplishment, depending on how individuals are being affected.

In the ________________________ stage of team development, the team is typically (1) changing into something different and (2) possibly undergoing a shift to a new purpose or direction.

An entrepreneurial leader should facilitate team ____________________ in order to create a group whose members want to contribute, collaborate, and bond as a functioning work unit, and to help the team form a strong shared identity.

Even considering the individual qualities of team members, team identity stems MOSTLY from the interrelationship of the team with (1) the larger culture, (2) the organizational culture, (3) the team's configuration, and (4) ______________________________________________.

The _____________ of an entrepreneurial venture or organization has an important role in setting the tone, the confidence, the pace and direction, and the culture for the entrepreneurial team members to follow or work within.

After a founder has an idea for a new enterprise, the next step is to create a __________________ based on initial consensus that the idea is good.

Containing and absorbing anxiety and risk, stimulating innovation, and synergizing the best of the old and new as the entrepreneurial organization grows are all part of the extraordinary role of the ______________________________.

Instead of trying to make the individual identities in your venture "fit in" to an inflexible mold, you should leverage the differences in unique ways to support your business model. The reason this works is that diverse identities in your organization can ________________________________________________________________________________.

The development process for self-leadership includes becoming a self-leader and modeling self-leadership, encouraging yourself and others to set your own goals, creating constructive thought patterns, and promoting self-leadership through __________________________________________________________________________.

Which of these is a behavior strategy that can help you become a self-leader?