The Power of Effective Teams
Jo Keeler talks with Lucinda Carney about a wide range of team-related topics - including the value of understanding our team role preferences and how to applying it in the workplace.
Kickstart the team machine
Victoria Bird shares how problems can be solved from within using team coaching to revolutionise line management.
The Way Forward for Innovation Teams
Nel Mostert from The Netherlands outlines why Belbin in the way forward for Innovation Teams in the Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation.
Meredith Belbin - an Interview
Published by Training Journal in July 2017, an interview with the Father of Team Roles, Meredith Belbin.
Team Work in Care Homes
Tracy Powley, Director at Focal Point Training, talks about the importance of Team Work in Care Homes. Reproduced with the kind permission of Care Management Matters: www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk
Belbin Team Role theory in higher education
In a series of three articles, Gillian Smith and Pat Yates set the scene, present the results and reveal their thoughts about increasing student employability and the importance of team working.
When 4 worlds collide
Talan Miller blends Team Role theory, Tuckman’s model, Situational Leadership and neuroscience to show how leadership changes as a team develops. Taken with kind permission from Training Journal, May 2014
Rob Groen's Team Exercise
Rob Groen demonstrates how to help team members appreciate the importance of diversity in a successful team - Over the years I have developed a number of teambuilding games and exercises. The Crisis Team Exercise is my unrivalled favourite and has proven to be a real eye-opener; its effectiveness is obvious in the discussions it triggers among the participants. Taken with kind permission from Training Journal, December 2006
A beautiful mind - Edge Interview
Meredith Belbin’s pioneering insights into the make-up of effective teams took the world of work by storm in the 1970s. Thirty years on, for all the competition, Belbin’s team profiles remain as popular as ever. Jane Lewis went to meet the grandfather of modern psychometrics. Taken with kind permission from Edge Magazine, June 2006
Team Weaver - People Management Interview
Meredith Belbin’s explanation of how teams work has stood the test of time and spread across the globe. Michael Costello interviews the thinker who showed us the roles we take. Taken with kind permission from People Management 27th January 2011
Design Innovation and the Team
Good design brings commercial success. The statement would be endorsed by many...my experience regrettably leads me to the words of the song: ... it ain't necessarily so. Written by Meredith Belbin. Reproduced with kind permission from The Design Management Institute.
A little bit me, a little bit you
Victoria Brown explains that by analysing how individuals work in pairs, more effective and productive working relationships can be formed.