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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has found that over half of UK employees think annual appraisals are “pointless” or “time consuming”, and see them as outdated.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?
It’s not just about what’s on the exam paper
by The Belbin Team | Victoria Brown, 17 Aug 2017
it’s about who’s holding the pen, for many of the thousands of students across the UK who are receiving their A-level results today.
Teams
Be Brave... Ask for feedback
by The Belbin Team , 08 Aug 2017
Psychometric tests measure personality (who we are); Belbin measures behaviour (what we do). Observer Assessments are integral to the Belbin process, because they can provide behavioural evidence...
Guest posts
Belbin Game of Thrones
by The Belbin Team | Belbin Australia, 18 Jul 2017
Game Of Thrones devotees in our office have been debating the various strengths and weaknesses of some of the major characters. We have used Belbin's 9 Team Role behaviours...
Guest posts
What are future-proof skills for the coming age of A.I?
by Talan Miller - Belbin Australia, 04 Apr 2017
It’s getting harder for us to acquire and maintain hard skills and knowledge that can match the pace of emerging technology. Gone are the days of functioning ‘Da Vinci’ style polymaths...
Teams
The Case for Teams
by The Belbin Team, 26 Jan 2017
The success of an organisation is linked to the success of its teams. Make 2017 the year of the team.
Teams
Development of the Dream Team in Change Management
by Lucas Canga and Team | Momentum Consultores | Belbin Chile, 24 Jan 2017
It’s clear when organizations and culture change, leadership, people and teams change as well. An experience of the financial industry in Chile: A Belbin point of view.
Management
There's much more to Belbin than team building
by The Belbin Team | Barrie Watson, 07 Nov 2016
For my part, one of my missions - in fact almost an obsession - is to use Belbin to get managers managing people more effectively and it is with this in mind that I would like to share the following: