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Saber-toothed tigers and the workplace: managing difficult working relationships

Our primitive fight-or-flight response can be triggered by situations with difficult co-workers. Can we overcome this by fostering psychologically safety to encourage 'constructive conflict' at work?

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Promoted to incompetence: the rise of the accidental managers

People are leaving ‘bad managers’ in droves, citing poor relationships with seniors and toxic workplace cultures. Why is this phenomenon so common? What do we really need from managers?

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What are your quiet quitters telling you?

"Many or most of your managers are quiet quitting too," say Gallup. They're stressed and overworked as well. And "they are waiting for the tools to build great teams."

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Maximising your effectiveness in remote and hybrid work

The debate around remote and hybrid work looks set to rage on indefinitely. How can you use your knowledge of your Belbin strengths to work more effectively within a remote or hybrid model?

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Does your team play by the rules?

There’s a crucial difference between breaking the rules recklessly and in defiance of authority, and listening to independent thinkers who can help ensure the long-term success of the organisation.

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Resilience: solo endeavour or team affair?

A diverse and flexible team builds individual and team resilience. For this to work, we need to understand the resources available to them and to be able to call on those resources effectively.

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A Belbin Team Role Guide to Skydiving

With a member of the Belbin team gearing up for their first charity skydive, it got us thinking about how different Team Roles might approach a skydive.

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Belbin and Entrepreneurship

We analysed the Team Role profiles of growing SMEs and our findings offer insights into the behaviours needed throughout the life cycle of a successful start-up.

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Belbin and Listening Styles

Aligning listening styles and Belbin Team Roles isn’t an exact science, but we’ve provided some ideas and pointers. Read more here.

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How Belbin transformed a cohort of chemical engineers at the University of the Basque Country

The Belbin scheme is relevant and meaningful to the undergraduate group projects and a useful tool to guide students towards their future employability.

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