Belbin Team Investigation Report

According to www.belbin.com different roles within a team and the impact of personality types on a team is Belbin’s nine team roles of behavior and they are: Resource Investigator, Team worker, Co-ordinator, Plant, Monitor Evaluate, Specialist, Implanter, Computer Finisher.
• Resource Investigator
Resource Investigator is when they use their nature to find ideas to bring back to the team. The resource investigator strengths are, they are outgoing, enthusiastic, they also explore development and opportunities. They also have weaknesses like they might be over – optimistic and lose interest once the enthusiastic is gone.
• Team Worker
A team worker is when their versatility to identify the work required and complete it on behalf of the team. The strengths they have are
co-operative, perceptive and diplomatic. Their weaknesses are indecisive in situations and tend to avoid confrontation.
• Co-ordinator
Co-ordinator is they need to focus on the team’s objectives and delegate appropriately. Their strengths are mature, clarify goals, confident, and identifies talent. Their weaknesses are they can be manipulative and might off load their share of the work.
• Plant
A plant is they tend to be highly creative and good at solving problems their strengths are imaginative, creative, generates ideas, free- thinking. Their weaknesses are they may be preoccupied to communicate effectively.

• Monitor Evaluate
Monitor evaluate is they provide a local eye and judgements where required and weighs up the team’s opinions.
Their strengths are they see all options in a dispassionate way, strategic and discerning and their weaknesses is sometimes they lack the drive and ability to others.
• Specialist
A specialist brings depth of knowledge to a key area to the team. A specialist strengths are single -minded, dedicated, and self- starting. Their weaknesses are they tend to contribute on a narrow front.
• Shaper
A shaper provides the necessary drive to ensure that the team keeps moving and doesn’t lose focus. Their strengths are they thrive on pressure, and dynamic. Their weaknesses are they can be prone to offend people’s feelings.
• Implementer
An implementer needs to plan a workable strategy and carry out effectively as possible. Their strengths are reliable, practicable, and efficient. Their weaknesses are they can be inflexible and slow to respond.
• Completer Finisher
A completer finisher is most effectively used at the end of a project to fix the working errors. Their strengths are painstaking, conscientious, and anxious. Their weaknesses are they can be inclined to
worry.