A Belbin Team Role guide to Christmas card writing

Christmas cards to your team

Are you stuck for what to write in your colleagues’ Christmas cards? Fear not. Check out our handy Belbin Team Role guide.

(Remember we are all a wonderful mix of all these nine Belbin Team Roles - this is just for a bit of Christmas fun!)

Implementer

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Kindly take time to recharge so that you can operate at maximum efficiency in 2021.

Completer Finisher

Merry Cristmas and a Hapy New Year. Thankyou for seeeing all our fawlts and not holding them against us.

Shaper

Deadline for end of festivities: 4^th January 2021. Got it. MC & HNY.

Teamworker

Thank you for the dazzling array of Christmas jumpers gracing our every video call, and for keeping us talking when the going got tough. We know you’re looking forward to us being together again as a team, one day soon. We are too. (Most of us, anyway.)

Plant

Happy Christmas and good luck with the experimental Christmas pudding. Marmite and cranberry sauce sounds… tremendous.

Monitor Evaluator

Merry Chr— (Sees stony expression. Backs away.)

Specialist

Merry Christmas, many thanks for the hour-long Zoom on how Father Christmas used to be green. May he bring you only gifts with hefty user manuals.

Resource Investigator

We know you're disappointed that there won't be a party this year, but yes, alright, we'll make it bigger and better next year. No, not dry ice, we've talked about this. Thank you for your enthusiasm and optimism. We've needed it this year more than ever.

Co-ordinator

We know you’re taking the opportunity to look back, and ahead. Thank you for helping us lift our heads this year. Here’s to 2021. Let’s hope it’s a good one.

(Remember we are all a wonderful mix of all these nine Belbin Team Roles - this is just for a bit of Christmas fun!)

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