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Selecting, Building, and Developing Your Work Team 101

A very useful resource in helping to assess the relative value and manage-
rial options relating to current team members is called the Team Integrity and
Capability Grid, and it can be used with teams in various stages of team func-
tioning and maturity. We see Just Promoted Leader Tool 7 as a valuable tool
for use when leaders are transitioning into their new roles.

JUST PROMO TED LEADER T OOL 7
Team Integrity and Capability Grid

Constructing the Grid 2

On the Team Integrity and Capability Grid, capability is the vertical
axis, ranging from low to high, and integrity is the horizontal axis, also
ranging from low to high.
Capability refers to a person’s task-level credibility: How knowledge-
able is she? What is the depth of her understanding? Does she add
value in discussions? Do her ideas, concerns, and issues turn out to be
valid? Is she good at what she does? If the answers are positive, she has
high capability on the vertical scale.
Integrity refers to character, intention, and sincerity. Does she act on
behalf of the company (high integrity) or only in her own self-interests
(low integrity)? Does she purposely bias information, practice decep-
tion, sabotage, misrepresent data, tell you what you want to hear, or
run a private power pocket? If you think she is an expert in a subject
but you don’t trust her motives or sincerity, you will be skeptical about
the advice she provides.
On our grid, the horizontal scale of integrity (low or high) and the
vertical scale of capability (low or high) form four quadrants into which
you can sort the people in your organization. Let’s look at people who
fall into each of the four quadrants and focus on the implications for
how you might view and manage them.

Note: The Just Promoted Leader Tool 7 Team Integrity and Capability Grid is used
with the kind permission of Dr. Martin Seldman.