Belbin Team Roles - Leadership
What is Belbin?
The Belbin Team Role methodology is used by over 40% of the world's top companies for analysing team balance and developing team productivity.
The Belbin methodology is based on a finding, by Dr Meredith Belbin in the late 1970s, that there are nine behaviour types that make up a balanced team and that by knowing which type we are we can better understand the dynamics of the team as well as how to raise productivity and job satisfaction. His research has indicated the importance of having particular team roles filled by suitable individuals in order to produce high team performance.
The Belbin model’s main usefulness is in providing a basis for team development through determining team-role membership and then educating the team about each individual’s strengths, weaknesses and preferred ways of working.
Identifying a person's team Role helps:
- Improve self awareness and personal effectiveness
- Foster mutual trust and understanding between work colleagues
- Team selection and team building
- Match people to jobs more effectively
During the original research, it became clear that balanced teams far outperform unbalanced teams and subsequent research has demonstrated that teams consistently outperform individuals when dealing with high-risk complex issues where a wide range of complementary behaviours is required.
The original research involved painstaking and laborious observation but today the process takes a few minutes by using the Belbin Interplace computer system to process the results of the Belbin Self Perception Inventory, Observer Assessments (360° feedback) and Job Assessments.
Belbin Team Working Services from XenerGie:
- A comprehensive range of Belbin individual, team and group profile reports (access to over 24 reports) examining individual and combined behaviours of team members
- Belbin Team Role Accreditation with Cert/Belbin Associates: achieve the required standards to become Belbin accredited with a 2-day familiarisation of Belbin Team Roles, knowledge and skills on how to use the Belbin model to improve individual, team and organisational performance. Accreditation: Belbin accredited consultant (Next Intake November 25/26th 2008) with the Irish Centre For Business Excellence (Business Excellence Skillnet).
- Team Performance in Action (Train the Trainer): Certificate in Coaching Teams with Experiential Learning and Belbin Team Roles.
- Practical consulting on the application of Belbin in the workplace: using the reporting facilities of Interplace - how the various reports can be used to support personal development, management training, team building/coaching and organisation development. We undertake assignments for companies of all sizes
- Team development coaching, Individual Belbin Team Role coaching and Team Working courses for corporate groups
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