Belbin – Get the Best from your Team
with Heather Brierley Staunton
Belbin Team Roles
A Team Role is defined by Meredith Belbin as:
“A tendency to behave,
contribute and
interrelate with others
in a particular way.”
Belbin Team Roles
Shaper
Resource
Investigator
Plant
Implementer
Co-ordinator
Monitor
Evaluator
Completer
Finisher
Teamworker
Specialist
Belbin Team Roles
Shaper
Challenging, dynamic, goal oriented, has
drive and courage to overcome obstacles

to provocation and can be blunt
 Prone
and upset people
Implementer

Can be inflexible, slow to respond
 to new ideas and approaches
Completer
Finisher

Inclined to worry unduly, reluctant to
 delegate
Disciplined, organised, efficient, turns
ideas into actions
Accurate, conscientious, meticulous
perfectionist
Belbin Team Roles
Resource
Investigator
Co-ordinator
Teamworker
communicative
 Enthusiastic,
networker, explores opportunities
Over-optimistic, easily bored and can
 lose interest


Calm, confident, clarifies goals,
promotes joint decision making


Cooperative, caring, diplomatic,
sensitive, averts friction
Can be seen as manipulative, offloads personal work
May be indecisive when faced with
tough decisions
Belbin Team Roles
Plant


Creative, imaginative, original, offers
alternative approaches
Pre-occupied by thoughts and may
not be communicative
Monitor
Evaluator

Appears slow moving, lacks drive and
 may appear uninspiring
Specialist

Contributes on a narrow front, dwells
 on technicalities
Logical, analytical, discerning, makes
decisions based on facts
Single minded, motivated by the
pursuit of knowledge
Belbin Team Roles
Shaper
Resource
Investigator
Plant
Implementer
Co-ordinator
Monitor
Evaluator
Completer
Finisher
Teamworker
Specialist
Maximising Team Potential
• Identify natural talents and attributes
• Develop these talents and strengths
and manage weaker areas
• Where possible, re-shape jobs to align
the job demands with natural talents
• Maximise work combinations
More training on Belbin…
Attend our 1 day Public Course - Belbin: Be the best for you and your team
https://www.dsc.org.uk/event/belbin-be-the-best-for-you-and-your-team-3/
Thursday 28 April 2016
Tuesday 11 October 2016
or
- If you have 4+ people from your organisation who would benefit from this
training, we can come to you and deliver the training at a more cost effective
rate.
- We can also do 1:1 assessments and feedback sessions.
- Get in touch with Heather Brierley Staunton for more details (contact
details on following slide)
Heather Brierley Staunton
Senior Training Consultant
and Performance Coach
[email protected]
0207 697 4291 /
07745696987
www.dsc.org.uk
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@heatherlearning