STARBUCKS MANAGEMENT TEAM | JUL 22, 2022

Team Watch Outs

Dominating strengths are usually what create a group’s greatest alignment of thoughts and actions. However, when unregulated and unmanaged, it is inevitable for these dominating strengths to get overused and, as a result, lead to group performance risks and to suboptimal results.

Problem Solver

8 out of 10 group members

  • Problem Solvers tend to jump and rescue others dealing with a problem. However, when the group has so many Problem Solvers, they may steal the energy driver from each other.
  • Because they derive satisfaction from them finding solutions, dominating Problem Solvers might not be willing to seek inputs from others. It can lead to group members feeling devalued and unappreciated.
  • Due to the natural tendency to identify problems, dominating Problem Solvers can come across overly negative and critical to others, as they might look for problems where they might not exist.
Commander

8 out of 10 group members

  • Problem Solvers tend to jump and rescue others dealing with a problem. However, when the group has so many Problem Solvers, they may steal the energy driver from each other.
  • Because they derive satisfaction from them finding solutions, dominating Problem Solvers might not be willing to seek inputs from others. It can lead to group members feeling devalued and unappreciated.
  • Due to the natural tendency to identify problems, dominating Problem Solvers can come across overly negative and critical to others, as they might look for problems where they might not exist.