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Belbin and Tuckman: Supporting your team at every stage

Tuckman studied teams from formation to completion and identified crucial stages in a team’s life cycle. Belbin’s observations of teams uncovered nine Belbin Team Roles. So how do the two fit together

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Case Study

Case Study: How Oppo Brothers improved staff engagement with Belbin

Oppo Brothers have used Belbin to build their team, aid understanding of which Team Roles to bring in and when, and how to manage them. They have also improved in staff engagement significantly.

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Under pressure: how well do you cope with challenging situations?

Pressure. Some people thrive on it; others buckle. But how can we predict someone’s reaction? And if we have an idea of what this reaction will be, how can we help people to develop?

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Case Study

Hitting the Target Case Study: the Belbin Arrow

This case study introduces an innovative and informative way to illustrate how Team Role balance affects a team’s focus, and ultimately, its performance.

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Self-Sabotaging Teams

It takes courage to stand on your own, facing a group who do things differently. But sometimes, in workshops and presentations, our facilitators ask people to do just that.

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Research

Belbin Remote and Hybrid Working Survey

In this study we discover how remote and hybrid working has affected not just individual effectiveness and productivity, but also team engagement and connection to organisational culture.

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A Belbin Team Role Guide to Running a Half Marathon

A member of the Belbin team took part in the annual local half marathon here in Cambridge and that got us thinking about how different Team Roles might approach running a half marathon.

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How to fix a culture of busyness

In this article, we explore seven problems with busyness culture, and how to fix them.

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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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