BELBIN
The Belbin team profiles are based on research undertaken by Meredith Belbin and his team of researchers Over a period of over nine years, based at Henley Management College, England, here they studied the behaviour of managers from all over the world. As the research progressed, different clusters of behaviour were identified as underlying the success of the teams. These clusters of behaviour were then given descriptive names. Over time nine distinctive Team Roles were recognized. These are: Action-oriented roles - Shaper, Implementer, and Completer Finisher People-oriented roles - Co-ordinator, Teamworker and Resource Investigator Thinking roles - Plant, Monitor Evaluator and Specialist
Team Role | Team Role Contribution | Allowable Weaknesses | Plant | Creative, imaginative, unorthodox. Solves difficult problems. | Ignores incidentals. Too preoccupied with own thoughts to communicate effectively. | Resource Investigator | Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative. Explores opportunities. Develops contacts. | Over-optimistic. Can lose interest once initial enthusiasm has passed. | Co-ordinator | Mature, confident. Clarifies goals. Brings other people together to promote team discussions. | Can be seen as manipulative. Offloads personal work. | Shaper | Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles. | Prone to provocation. Liable to offend others. | Monitor Evaluator | Serious minded, strategic and discerning. Sees all options. Judges accurately. | Can lack drive and ability to inspire others. | Teamworker | Co-operative, mild, perceptive and diplomatic. Listens, builds, averts friction. | Indecisive in crunch situations. | Implementer | Disciplined, reliable, conservative in habits. A capacity for taking practical steps and actions. | Somewhat inflexible. Slow to respond to new possibilities. | Completer Finisher | Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out errors and omissions. Delivers on time. | Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant to let others into own job. | Specialist | Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated. Provides knowledge and skills in rare supply. | Contributes on only a limited front. Dwells on specialised personal interests. |
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