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Punk or Perish for Workplace Culture
by Talan Miller | Belbin Australia, 31 May 2022
In many workplaces, authenticity seems to have been suppressed with overly complex, insincere and carefully crafted workplace language, job titles, and contrived culture taking its place.
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The art of leadership - and why hierarchy isn't always king
by Mike Lynch | Smartt Strategies, 06 Nov 2019
Did you conjure an image of a mighty leader draped in finery, sitting high on a throne, towering over his subjects or a chairman sitting at the head of a long table, barking orders and gesturing…
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7 points when predicting team performance
by Talan Miller | Belbin Australia, 07 Aug 2019
A team's success or failure in Team Role terms will depend very largely on its composition, but if the team is well composed there is still potential for weaknesses to manifest.
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Belbin Jukebox
by Pearl D'Souza | PrePearl Training Development, 08 Mar 2019
If you are someone who enjoys music, you will agree it has the power to motivate, soothe, heal, encourage and help bring out one’s best. Read more about how Team Roles work with music...
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Breaking Cultural Stereotypes
by Tom Robson, 14 Feb 2019
Using Team Roles as a means of understanding the diversity of contributions required in effective teams.
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Can organisations afford to ignore behavioural diversity?
by The Belbin Team | Leena Shalloe, 05 Dec 2017
Belbin consultant and trainer, Leena Shalloe, gives us her views.
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My perfect team? I haven’t got a “Scooby Doo”…
by Campbell Urquhart | White Cube Consulting, 19 Oct 2017
How to the members of the Dream Machine - that's Fred, Daphne, Velma, Scooby and Shaggy perform so well as a team? Let's look at their Belbin Team Roles to find out - are they a high performing team?
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Belbin Game of Thrones
by The Belbin Team | Belbin Australia, 18 Jul 2017
Game Of Thrones devotees in our office have been debating the various strengths and weaknesses of some of the major characters. We have used Belbin's 9 Team Role behaviours...
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What are future-proof skills for the coming age of A.I?
by Talan Miller - Belbin Australia, 04 Apr 2017
It’s getting harder for us to acquire and maintain hard skills and knowledge that can match the pace of emerging technology. Gone are the days of functioning ‘Da Vinci’ style polymaths...