Preferred Team Roles
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
In his book “Management Teams – Why They Succeed or Fail”, Belbin identified the personal characteristics of the members of effective teams. They contained the following:
- An effective chairman (combination coordinator driver) - A strong generator (originator) - A widespread in team member contribution preferences - A good fit between responsibilities and contribution preference - An ability to adjust to team member imbalances
Belbin identified a total of 8 team roles that were needed for effective team performance. In his studies about winning teams, their main feature was their strength in personal qualities and abilities associated with the key team roles, together with a diversity of talent and personality making up the rest of the team. There was always someone suitable for any job that came up. Even teams with something less than the ideal distribution of talents could compensate for shortcomings by recognising a latent weakness and deciding to do something about it.
They key teams roles identified by Belbin are:
Preferred Team Roles – Questionnaire
This questionnaire, based on the work of Belbin, was developed to provide group members with a simple means of assessing the way they like to contribute to a project.
Directions:
For each question distribute a total of ten (10) points among the sentences that you think best describe your behaviour. These points may be distributed among several sentences: in extreme cases they might be spread among all the sentences or ten points may be allocated to a single sentence. Try to honestly recognise the contributions you believe you will bring to the group. It is much better to be aware of your unique contribution than to try to do everything. For each question all the sentences describe behaviour that are equal in their positive or negative impact on the team. There are no right or wrong answers.
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In his book “Management Teams – Why They Succeed or Fail”, Belbin identified the personal characteristics of the members of effective teams. They contained the following:
- An effective chairman (combination coordinator driver) - A strong generator (originator) - A widespread in team member contribution preferences - A good fit between responsibilities and contribution preference - An ability to adjust to team member imbalances
Belbin identified a total of 8 team roles that were needed for effective team performance. In his studies about winning teams, their main feature was their strength in personal qualities and abilities associated with the key team roles, together with a diversity of talent and personality making up the rest of the team. There was always someone suitable for any job that came up. Even teams with something less than the ideal distribution of talents could compensate for shortcomings by recognising a latent weakness and deciding to do something about it.
They key teams roles identified by Belbin are:
Preferred Team Roles – Questionnaire
This questionnaire, based on the work of Belbin, was developed to provide group members with a simple means of assessing the way they like to contribute to a project.
Directions:
For each question distribute a total of ten (10) points among the sentences that you think best describe your behaviour. These points may be distributed among several sentences: in extreme cases they might be spread among all the sentences or ten points may be allocated to a single sentence. Try to honestly recognise the contributions you believe you will bring to the group. It is much better to be aware of your unique contribution than to try to do everything. For each question all the sentences describe behaviour that are equal in their positive or negative impact on the team. There are no right or wrong answers.
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