This document summarizes Belbin's team role theory, which identifies 9 common team roles based on behavioral tendencies. It describes each role's strengths, weaknesses, and how they contribute to team success at different project phases. An effective team needs a balance of roles like Shapers, Coordinators, Completers. Understanding roles helps avoid conflicts from competing styles and identify gaps to improve dynamics. Team role assessments provide insights into individual fit and how members can work together most productively.

1. Making Better Matches A Belbin Primer: Team Role Theory and Team Dynamics Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Richmond OD Round Table

4. What makes a team? Teams Groups Size Limited Medium or Large Selection Crucial Immaterial Leadership Shared or Rotating Solo Perception Mutual or shared understanding Focus on leader Style Role Spread Coordination Convergence Conformism Spirit Dynamic interaction: “We” Togetherness and Persecution of opponents: “ Us and them”

9. Building a Balanced Team Action-oriented Cerebral Social

12. The 9 Team Roles Plant Coordinator Monitor Evaluator Implementer Specialist Resource Investigator Shaper Teamworker Completer Finisher

23. Self-Perception Inventory (SPI) Preferred Manageable Avoid!

24. Assessment results in rank order Preferred Manageable Avoid!

25. Counselling report “ On a final note, you need to take account of the role for which you are least suited. You do not appear to fit comfortably into a subordinate role. You may therefore need to give special attention to becoming low profile and supportive when the occasion calls for it.” “ Your profile suggests you have a strong sense of direction and ideas of your own. You like producing ideas … you are likely to be more than ready to direct others, possibly at the risk of appearing authoritarian in the desire to get things done. You may have to discipline yourself to ensure that you give adequate scope to your colleagues …”

31. Overview of team role profiles (5)

32. Missing team roles

33. Working relationship ME -- SP

34. Working relationship ME -- TW

35. Team Dynamic: preferred roles