Belbin® Blog
Topical
Do you know an Indy from a Melon?*
by The Belbin Team, 21 Feb 2018
Belbin is the language of teams and of business. It’s not a fad or a new initiative. It is practical, resonates with managers and has longevity. It embeds itself within business practice.
Management
In a leader’s world, let's champion the manager
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 07 Feb 2018
There’s a new and worrying trend in our industry – the denigration of “management” in favour of “leadership”. Comparisons of the two like to contrast...
Management
How is your office affecting your team’s DNA?
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 06 Feb 2018
Here at Belbin HQ, we’ve recently revamped our offices – cutting the clutter and creating a more open workspace. Re-organising has helped us collaborate and communicate more effectively, and it got us
Management
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.
Seasonal
The Belbin Christmas Elves
by The Belbin Elves, 04 Dec 2017
It's that time of year again so we thought "Why not take a look at the Belbin Team Roles of Santa's Elves?".
Teams
Bad Apple Syndrome
by The Belbin Team | Barrie Watson, 14 Nov 2017
Occasionally, an individual’s behaviour can have a disproportionate effect on the team. Sometimes this effect is a positive one, but we tend to be involved when the effect is detrimental to the team.
Management
Innovation, Teams and Belbin
by The Belbin Team, 08 Nov 2017
A paper written by Belbin Accredited Nel Mostert, and published in the Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation in 2015, is an excellent resource for understanding how Belbin Team Roles can help.
Just for fun
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?
Management
Annual appraisals are dead. Long live…?
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 10 Oct 2017
New research by YouGov in the UK has found that over half of UK employees think annual appraisals are “pointless” or “time consuming”, and see them as outdated. Are the days of annual appraisals over?