Project Management Professional PMP · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 169
Jack is a project manager for the Flutter Wing Corporation and has been leading projects there for the past seven years. Jack has recently read an article about how a project team can be more effective if they understand their emotional intelligence. He begins to research how he can lead his team to help them grow as individuals and help the organization by increasing their productivity by understanding their emotional intelligence. What is the best option Jack could use as a part of a team-building exercise that would help promote emotional intelligence?
- A Inform the team members that they will see a psychologist and discuss ways to be more emotionally stable at work.
- B Have the team go through a weeklong boot camp where they would be put through intense physical training, ending with an obstacle course, forcing teamwork.
- C Have the team point out flaws in other team members so that the team members could work on their flaws as a group.
- D Use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool to identify preferences for processing information and how people relate to others.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Understanding that people interact and communicate differently is an important skill of a good leader. By utilizing the MBTI, Jack is finding a way that will help his team understand various ways to identify and acknowledge differences while encouraging communication. This can help the team with other areas of project management, including how to interact with stakeholders. Some people may enjoy the boot camp and obstacle course, and others may not. This approach does not really focus on emotional intelligence for the project team. Pointing out flaws in the group can hurt feelings, cause arguments, and break down the team. This is not a good choice. Having the team members see a psychologist and discuss ways to be more emotionally stable at work is not a realistic or practical solution.Discussion
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