“Put your hand up if you’ve ever had a bad manager…”

We’ve all been there. But what really makes the difference between a good manager and a bad one? And how can self-awareness transform management for the better?

Join Pete Fullard (CEO, Upskill People) in conversation with Jo Keeler (Belbin) for this 45-minute webinar in the Belbin series. Together, they’ll explore managers – the good, the bad and the ugly – drawing on fresh research from Upskill People, including:

🔹 Insights from nearly 40 measured cohorts across the UK and overseas
🔹 The strongest and weakest competencies shown by managers today.
🔹 The top three fears managers face most (yes, difficult conversations make the list)
🔹 The competencies managers improve most when given the right development opportunities.
🔹 Plus, free stuff including the chance to win a free cohort.

We’ll discuss why managers must understand both their own strengths and those of their teams – and how self-awareness impacts their ability to lead with confidence, empathy and effectiveness.

📅 Wednesday 15th October
⏰ 1pm GMT
👉 Reserve your place today and be part of this insightful discussion on the future of management.

Breaking Bias with Belbin

How do our hidden biases shape the way we see others at work — and how can Belbin help us see past them?

Join Jo Keeler and Campbell Urquhart (Belbin Scotland Distributor) for a practical, interactive session on tackling unconscious bias with the power of Belbin Team Roles.

✨ What you’ll discover:
🔹 What unconscious bias really is (and why it matters)
🔹 Different types of bias that influence teamwork
🔹 How same vs. opposite Belbin Team Roles affect perception
🔹 The impact bias can have on collaboration and performance
🔹 How to reduce bias using Belbin reports and real-world application

📅 Thursday 13th November
⏰ 1pm GMT
👉 Don’t miss this chance to explore how Belbin can help teams work more fairly, openly, and effectively.

The balance trap: using Belbin strategically for team success

Explore 7 real-world scenarios where the idea of a “balanced team” can fall short—and what to do instead.

You’ll learn:

• When NOT to aim for a fully balanced team
• Other team factors which can make or break team success
• How to spot role overload and role gaps before they derail a project
• How to use Belbin with contextual intelligence to make smart, situational choices

Webinar: Finding Your Authentic Team Leadership Style with Belbin

• How you can use your Belbin Individual report to increase your team leadership effectiveness. You don’t have to follow someone else’s style of being an effective leader – you can create your own!
• A strategic approach to managing yourself, your team, and your sphere of influence.
• A three-part model for leaders: developing your coherence, versatility, and ability to learn.

The webinar also explored along the way: "What makes a good leader?", and "What are your leadership superpowers?".

Practical guidance on how to apply Belbin for maximum effect

James is known for his How To Build Winning Teams Again And Again trilogy.

Drawing on his Commit-Combust-Combine model of team psychology, his Team Progression Curve and his Seven-Principle Action model, James offers practical guidance on how to set up and apply Belbin for maximum impact, especially in imbalanced existing teams.

Webinar: Effective Communication for Managers and Teams

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw

Effective communication plays a key part in engagement and team performance, and is shown to reduce stress and conflict.

Watch the webinar to discover how we can communicate more effectively with each other for better everyday interactions and to improve team performance.

Webinar: How to tackle burnout with Belbin

During this webinar, we talk about the causes and signs of burnout, how to spot them within patterns of observable behaviour at work, and preventing burnout in teams using the Belbin methodology and reports.

Webinar: Belbin Team Roles: Theory and Application

Belbin is taught and used by organisations worldwide. Why?

It is a practical tool for self-development and building high-performing teams. It is based on a decade of research, studying teams to understand why the succeed or fail. And we've been refining and updating it ever since.

Webinar: Using Belbin to form high performing teams

Teams are the critical link between strategy and success.

However, team work is difficult.

During this webinar we will start with the question 'what does a team need?' and look at how using Belbin - the gold standard team tool - can help increase the performance of teams.

Webinar: The top reasons why hiring decisions go wrong (and what you can do instead)

Recruitment is necessary for organisations to function and grow, but it can be difficult and wrong decisions can be costly.

Campbell Urquhart joined us for this special webinar and he helped us to understand why bad recruitment decisions are made, and explored tools and methodologies to support a more effective hiring process.

Webinar: Belbin remote and hybrid working survey – the results

We’ve been studying virtual and hybrid teams since COVID. We already know that Team Role strengths can impact our attitude and approach to hybrid work.

Join us to discover how productivity and engagement have fared as our relationship to our working practices evolve.

And we’ll present our findings on the broader implications for teams, including onboarding and organisational culture.

Webinar: Belbin reports - the intelligence your team needs

Once you have agreed the team objective, and you all know what it is you need to achieve, the next step is to allocate the right work to the right people.

We know that a successful team needs access to all nine Belbin Team Roles, but which of these behaviours does each team member have as a strength? Where can you best use them? Where are their weaknesses? What other talents might they be able to develop for the good of the team?

Webinar: Self-Sabotaging Teams

When teams are under pressure, pack mentality prevails. When collective anxiety becomes intolerable, teams try to counter it with dysfunctional coping mechanisms.

These strategies might offer short-term relief, but they ultimately sabotage group dynamics and performance.

So what happens when this damaging behaviour flies under the radar? How do we identify and address self-sabotage in our teams?

Webinar: Managing Difficult Relationships at Work

Managing difficult working relationships is key to ensuring team success.

Belbin Team Roles can help by providing a common language and framework for understanding individual behaviour and strengths. By identifying individuals' preferred ways of working, Belbin Team Roles can help to reduce misunderstandings and conflicts between team members.

Webinar: How to design and run more effective meetings with Belbin

We know that meetings are an essential communication tool in projects and teamwork.

Meetings keep us informed about progress and enable us to make better decisions. So how can we use Belbin to make meetings better?

Watch the webinar recording to find out.

Webinar: The 5-Step Path to Fostering a Growth Mindset

We know that adopting a growth mindset reaps considerable rewards.

• How does shifting the focus from 'individual' to 'team' foster a growth mindset?
• How do we create an environment that enables people to own their mistakes and 'fail better'?
• How do we combine a strengths-based approach with encouraging people to move outside their comfort zones?

Webinar: 5 ways to reconnect relationships within teams

Identifying a broken team is one thing. Evaluating the individual fractures is where businesses begin to struggle. Where are they going wrong?

Join us to learn 5 ways to get your team talking, appreciating differences and realise that their colleagues are there to help, not hinder.

Webinar: Surprising Factors That Can Make Or Break Your Team

Teams are ever-changing and adapting to the evolutions of the workplace, so it can be overwhelming when deciding how to approach their management.

So, in this webinar, we go back to basics.