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Working in teams Belbin Team Roles

Working in teams Belbin Team Roles. Team Role: Belbin’s definition. “ A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way ”. How do you build a perfect team out of imperfect people?. The perfect individual could be described as:. Out-going. Organised.

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Working in teams Belbin Team Roles

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  1. Working in teams Belbin Team Roles

  2. Team Role: Belbin’s definition “A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way”

  3. How do you build a perfect team out of imperfect people? The perfect individual could be described as: Out-going Organised Motivating Objective Hard-driving Creative Meticulous Knowledgeable Diplomatic Unlikely to find all of these qualities in one person...

  4. Why fail/succeed? Why make the right/wrong decisions? Why not perform as well as expected, with tensions, misunderstandings? Problem often at personal level: how team members feel about themselves and each other. People find it hard to deal with these behavioural, emotional issues. Problems with Teams

  5. Address the problem • Need a way of looking at these issues, measuring their effect, and need a language for talking about them • What makes a balanced and effective team - better the mix, the better the performance

  6. Belbin Team Role Expert System • Belbin - 9 team roles type • Each type has a typical behavioural strength and a characteristic weakness

  7. Plant Resource Investigator Co-ordinator Shaper Monitor Evaluator Teamworker Implementer Completer-Finisher Specialist 9 Team Roles

  8. PLANT: Creative, Solves difficult problems Loses touch with everyday realities RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR: Enterprising, Quick to explore opportunities Weak in follow through CO-ORDINATOR: Makes good use of group activities Manipulative SHAPER: Driving and challenging Provocative, Aggressive COMPLETER FINISHER: Painstaking, Conscientious Anxious, Reluctant to delegate TEAMWORKER: Co-operative, Averts friction Indecisive MONITOR EVALUATOR: Discerning and Objective Uninspiring, Slow-moving IMPLEMENTER: Disciplined, Efficient, Practical Slow to see new possibilities SPECIALIST: Single-minded, Professionally dedicated Limited in Interests TEAM-ROLE CONTRIBUTION ALLOWABLE WEAKNESSES

  9. Phrases and Slogans

  10. What & How • Self-perception inventory • Database generates: • Team role preferences • Counselling report • Character report • Team reports • Observer assessments • 4 per participant • Generates a complete profile

  11. The UN System and Team Roles • UNSSC - 6,000+ UN staff in the database • Your profiles are generated against this multicultural UN data • Your profile can change over time depending on your job • It’s up to you to validate your report

  12. Your Report

  13. Plant - theorises Co-ordinator - generalises Monitor Evaluator - judges impartially CompleterFinisher - perfects established systems Shaper - drives Resource Investigator - recognises opportunities Teamworker - supports Specialist - specifies Implementer - applies Team Role Opposites

  14. Belbin Team-Role Combination Nicknames TEAM ROLE PAIR NICKNAME TEAM ROLEPAIR NICKNAME RI - BUTTERFLY COLLECTOR CO - COUNSELLOR SH - BOSS ME - PLANNER ME - CALCULATOR ME - TEAM CONSCIENCE PL - HIDDEN TALENT CO - EDITOR PL - MAVERICK SH - PURSUER RI - DETECTIVE RI - DYNAMO TW - TECHNICAL SUPPORT PL - NAVIGATOR SH - INQUISITOR RI - CONTRACTOR ME - CORRECTOR IMP - ORGANISER TW - EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PL - SCULPTOR PL - BRAINS IMP - CONFORMER IMP - DOER SH - TASK MASTER CF - REFINER CO - PROJECT LEADER SH - TEAM CAPTAIN RI - SCOUT SP - PROFESSOR PL - EXPLORER IMP - MR FIX IT SH - STEAMROLLER CO - JUDGE RI - FACILITATOR RI - COMMUNICATOR PL - ARCHITECT SP CO SP TW SH ME SP ME CF CF ME CF SP TW PL SP ME TW TW IMP TW CF CF SH CO CF CO CF TW IMP SP IMP RI SP CO IMP

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