Characteristics of hot teams include empathy, trust, gaining acceptance for ideas, and reaching consensus among team members. Digging deeper and learning more about individual problem solving styles can go a long way towards building these critical characteristics.

We help our clients see how important critical thinking styles affect bottom line performance, and teach them to start looking beyond hiring the “best” individuals and concentrate more on hiring people who will naturally become part of a complete team.

We know from our research that people with similar styles find it easy to work together but often fall short in performance. We also know opposing problem solving styles can cause friction among team members, but teams with a mix of problem solving styles are more innovative and productive. 

If you are keen to put together a hot team, perhaps you might want to survey the landscape of your organization thinking styles before putting some of the pieces together. A great tool to help you is the Basadur Creative Problem Solving Profile (CPSP) Team Builder Kit.