Belbin® Blog
Management
What if we’ve been approaching negotiation all wrong?
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 07 Mar 2019
Negotiations are opportunities for collaboration. Going in with a pre-determined agenda of points sets up expectations that the process will be protracted and painstaking
Management
Distrust, politics, infighting and gossip
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 05 Dec 2018
Companies are paying the price for avoiding feedback. We might think we’re dodging a bullet by using self-reporting personality tests. But avoiding candid feedback can spell disaster for teams.
Management
Belbin and the Peter Principle - are you sending your best people to the wrong places?
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 05 Nov 2018
The hidden dangers of rewarding performance with managerial responsibility
Management
Belbin and Entrepreneurship: The profiles of successful start-ups
by The Belbin Team, 31 Jul 2018
Research shows that innovative start‐ups drive economic growth and are responsible for the majority of job creation in the UK within the last five years, but little is understood about employees...
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.
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.
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has found that over half of UK employees think annual appraisals are “pointless” or “time consuming”, and see them as outdated.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?