A Rating Scale to Assess Team Problem Solving/Creativity

Criteria	Strongly Agree 5	Agree 4	Undecided 3	Disagree 2	Strongly Disagree 1
1. Problems are met head on rather than swept under the rug.
2. Problems are regarded as challenges and opportunities rather than headaches.
3. A striving for innovation/creativity is a part of the team's way of life.
4. Broad participation is a basic tool of team problem solving.
5. The team's climate encourages concern with the big picture rather than with nitpicking new ideas to death.
6. Conflict/disagreement are utilized for purposes of creativity and ideation.
7. Delegation is regarded as a tool for innovation.
8. The team leader regards the team as a constructive problem-solving force.
9. As appropriate, problems are solved with the total team on a consensus basis.
10.Group members present and discuss their ideas rather than defend them.

Source: Julius E. Eitington. The Winning Trainer, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.