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Articles with the tag "Building an effective team"

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

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

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?

Teams

7 points when predicting team performance

by Talan Miller | Belbin Australia, 07 Aug 2019

A team's success or failure in Team Role terms will depend very largely on its composition, but if the team is well composed there is still potential for weaknesses to manifest. 

Teams

The future of work - challenges, conversation and food for thought

by The Belbin Team, 20 May 2019

The future of work is a huge topic for people in the workplace - but it's also something of a hot potato because there are so many topics, challenges and talking points for consideration...

Teams

Basic steps in team building

by The Belbin Team, 16 May 2019

A team is not a group of people that occupy the same physical space, or department. A team is made up of people that have been chosen for what they can contribute, and who are allowed to contribute…