Belbin Team Roles and Somalis

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A while back we used the Belbin Team Roles model at work. I wondered if this theory about which kind of teams are succesfull, can be also applied to Somalis as a team??

 

 

http://changingminds.org/explanations/preferences/belbin.htm

 

 

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BelBin Theory

The idea behind the Belbin Team Roles Theory is that a team is not a bunch of people, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role to play in the team. Everyone has

behavioural strengths and weaknesses in a team

. And to get succesfull and high-performing teams from start to finish, you need each of the behaviours in the team

 

 

The Team Roles

The Belbin Team Roles are used widely in thousands of organisations all over the world today. By identifying our Team Roles, we can ensure that we

use our strengths

to advantage and that we

manage our weaknesses

as best we can.

 

 

Balance of diffrent Roles

The key is balance.

For example, a team with no

Innovator

struggles to come up with the initial spark of an idea with which to push forward. However, if you have to many Innovators in a team, you will get many ideas, but they are poorly

implemented

. Similarly, with no

Shaper

, the team ambled along without drive and direction, missing deadlines. With too many Shapers, in-fighting began and morale was low.

Implementers

are needed to plan a practical, workable strategy and carry it out as efficiently as possible.

 

 

Teamworkers

help the team to gel, using their versatility to identify the work required and complete it on behalf of the team. When teams diffrences of opinion, a

Monitor Evaluator

is needed to provide a logical eye, make impartial judgements where required and to weigh up the team’s options in a dispassionate way. Teams need

co-ordinators

were needed to focus on the team’s objectives, draw out team members and delegate work appropriately. When the team is at risk of becoming isolated and inwardly-focused,

Resource Investigators

provided inside knowledge on the opposition and made sure that the team’s idea would carry to the world outside the team.

Completer Finishers

are most effectively used at the end of a task, to “polish” and scrutinise the work for errors, subjecting it to the highest standards of quality control.