What Is Stop and Think?
Stop & Think is a new Whole Brain® Thinking application that provides individuals and teams with HBDI® profiles in the Microsoft Teams app. The new Stop & Think application includes individual and team-based guidance on communication, decision-making, and problem-solving customised to the individual’s and/or team’s profile.
Furthermore, within the application, you can access custom guidance based on your and your team’s profiles which will improve team effectiveness.
How Can I Gain Access?
Simply, you can register your interest by completing this form. Now once the Stop & Think application is successfully installed within the Microsoft Teams app store you and your team will be able to add the Stop & Think app to any channel or chat of your preference.
Who Is the Application Beneficial For?
Basically, Stop & Think is a perfect application for organisations:
- Supporting managers and leaders in developing dynamic, high-functioning teams that are already using Microsoft Teams.
- Organisations that are already using the HBDI® and have the sharing and teams feature enabled on the Herrmann platform.
- Interested in developing a deeper understanding of cognitive diversity.
- And lastly, organisations seeking effective and efficient solutions to specific team-based challenges.
Why Is the Application Beneficial?
You will agree, that communication plays a key role in the success of how a team performs and operates. Thus, for a team to be successful, they must understand each other’s thinking preferences as well as their own.
Simply put, being mindful of where a team’s strengths and weaknesses are will help shift the team’s focus and figure out how to strike a balance that is best for the group.
Now here are a few uses of Stop & Think:
- Exploring the implications of the individual profile and the team’s profiles as you work together to achieve your objectives.
- Understanding how individual thinking preferences impact team dynamics and performance.
- Applying the Whole Brain® Thinking Model using Herrmann’s digital suite of tools to real team challenges around communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and decision-making.
Watch This 2-minute Video to Find Out More
![Stop and Think Links to Youtube video on Stop and Think](https://b1531526.smushcdn.com/1531526/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Stop-and-Think-Image-600x400.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
How Can Stop & Think Help You and Your Team?
- Firstly, individuals and teams can get strategies for collaborating, problem-solving, and decision-making – customised to their individual and team thinking preferences.
![Team Profile Team Profile graphic with HBDI circle and cartoon team](https://b1531526.smushcdn.com/1531526/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Team-Profile-Image-600x400.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
2. Furthermore, individuals can view their profile summary with an easy link to the Herrmann platform to view and edit their full profile.
![Stop & Think profile Anna Littical - S&T Demo of Stop & Think profile](https://b1531526.smushcdn.com/1531526/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Anna-Littical-ST-Demo.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
3. Also, teams can view a team profile and preference code that aggregates teammates’ individual HBDI® results and under-pressure profiles.
![Team Under Pressure Team Under Pressure Demo with HBDI circle and cartoon team](https://b1531526.smushcdn.com/1531526/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Team-Under-Pressure-Demo-600x400.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
4. Lastly, individuals can compare their profile using Stop & Think to a teammate’s profile side-by-side to learn how to work more effectively together.
![Getting Unstuck Getting Unstuck Demo graphic with cartoon team brainstorming and HBDI profile circles](https://b1531526.smushcdn.com/1531526/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Getting-Unstuck-Demo-600x400.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
What Are the Next Steps?
So you’re interested in learning more, are you? Then contact us to find out how you and your team can benefit from Stop & Think.