Chapter $10$: Individual Interventions

Case Summary: Individual Type Styles at the Parks Department

The Parks Department case concerns a management team of seven members, including a manager, who are holding an offsite meeting. The leader desires an individual instrument to $$mix it up a bit$$ and $$open $[$the team$]$ up to each other.$$ Lori, the OD consultant, proposes an assessment that she has recently been certified to deliver. As the consultant facilitates the session with the team, a number of team members react negatively to the instrument.

$1.$ What was the purpose of this individual assessment for this team? What should be the purpose of an individual instrument?