Articles with the tag "Team working"

Teams

Intellect and individual endeavour in Belbin's Apollo teams

by The Belbin Team , 01 Nov 2024

“Before we tinker with the team design, let’s verify the basic principles. In a business simulation exercise that places an emphasis on cleverness, the cleverest teams should win.” Aka the Apollo Team

Saber-toothed tigers and the workplace: managing difficult working relationships

by Fenlan Miller, 14 Dec 2023

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?

Management

Transform your ‘back to school’ mentality with Belbin

by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 02 Sep 2021

September. That ‘back to school’ feeling. A time for taking stock and making plans. And perhaps now more than ever.

Recruitment

Why looking for hard skills can be bad for business

by The Belbin Team, 22 Mar 2021

The synergy – or lack of synergy – between a person and a job can be mysterious and difficult to explain. When two candidates look similar on paper, why is one successful in a role and another not?

Management

Belbin fills beds!

by Bert Visser - Belbin Netherlands, 19 Feb 2021

The interaction changed significantly because of the diversity we put in place. The team dynamics increased, there was more listening to each other and more ideas were implemented.

Teams

Is your team missing this most hidden form of diversity?

by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 09 Sep 2020

There’s a kind of diversity we can’t see. There is a type of diversity that is less visible, a journey we’ve barely even started. And it’s the only type of diversity proven to enhance team performance

Management

A Belbin Team Role Guide to Managing Your Team When No-one Is In The Office...

by The Belbin Team, 07 Jul 2020

We've been WFH for a while now. We may have the tech in place and feel we know what we're doing, but managing virtual working is much more than Zoom meetings. The language of Belbin can help.

Management

Self-awareness and remote working

by The Belbin Team, 01 Feb 2020

We’ve been reading a lot about what remote working means for teams and leaders, but what does it mean for you, sitting at your desk (or on your sofa!) wondering what happens now?

Teams

A Collective Term for Coaches?

by The Belbin Team, 26 Nov 2019

We attended the recent Midlands Coaching Conference - what would a typical coach look like we wondered? Is there such a thing as a typical coach?