Belbin Presentation.pptx

Team Roles

Putting a Team Together

The perfect individual could be described as:

Knowledgeable

Finding all of these qualities in one person may be difficult!

Objective

Creative

Diplomatic

Motivating

Organised

Meticulous

Hard-driving

Out-going

Building a Perfect Team

Problems with Teams

• Investigate the issues
• Recognise what each member brings to the team and work to their strengths
• Objectives are:
• Discussed and agreed for the team
• Discussed and agreed for individuals
• Reviewed on a regular basis
• Revised when necessary

Addressing the problem

Team Role

• a tendency to behave, contribute and inter-relate with others in a particular way to meet agreed aims

Functional Role

• job title and function
• experience and expertise

People at work have a ...

• Belbin - 9 team role types

• Each type has a typical behavioural strength and a characteristic weakness

• “Allowable weaknesses” are the negative side of the positive strength

Belbin Team Role Expert System

SHAPER - drives

PLANT - theorises

CO-ORDINATOR - generalises

COMPLETERFINISHER - perfects established systems

TEAMWORKER - supports

IMPLEMENTER - applies

RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR - recognises opportunities

SPECIALIST - specifies

MONITOREVALUATOR - judges impartially

cerebral roles:

People-oriented roles:

Action-oriented roles:

Specialist

Monitor Evaluator

Plant

Resource investigator

Team worker

Co-ordinator

Completer Finisher

Implementer

Shaper

Team Role Opposites

Limited in Interests

Slow to see new possibilities

Uninspiring, Slow moving

Indecisive

Anxious, Reluctant to delegate

Provocative, Aggressive

Manipulative

Weak in follow through

Loses touch with everyday realities

SPECIALIST: Single-minded, Professionally dedicated

IMPLEMENTER: Disciplined, Efficient, Practical

MONITOR EVALUATOR: Discerning and Objective

TEAM WORKER: Co-operative, Averts fiction

COMPLETER FINISHER: Painstaking, Conscientious

SHAPER: Driving and Challenging

CO-ORDINATOR: Makes good use of group activities

RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR: Enterprising, Quick to explore options

ALLOWABLE WEAKNESSES

PLANT: Creative, Solves difficult problems

TEAM-ROLE CONTRIBUTION

GROUP

TEAM

Groups and Teams