Most people will have two or three Belbin Team Roles that they are most comfortable with, and this can change over time. Each Belbin Team Role has strengths and weaknesses, and each role has equal importance. Contact us to start your Belbin® journey, or purchase your own Belbin Individual Report directly here.ĭo you need nine people in a team, each with a strength in each Belbin Team Role?Īlthough there are nine Belbin Team Roles, this doesn't mean that every team requires nine people. Over 3 million Belbin® Reports have been generated worldwide for individuals, managers, teams and organisations.
This gives you an updated Belbin Individual Report which gives you an insight in to which Team Role behaviors others see and value. We then recommend that you ask for feedback from people you work with, using the Observer Assessment. The only sanctioned way of finding out your Belbin® Team Role strengths and weaknesses is by completing the official Belbin® Self-Perception Inventory online, and receiving a Belbin® Individual Report. How do I find out my Belbin Team Role strengths and weaknesses? The nine Belbin Team Roles are: Resource Investigator, Teamworker and Co-ordinator (the Social roles) Plant, Monitor Evaluator and Specialist (the Thinking roles), and Shaper, Implementer and Completer Finisher (the Action or Task roles). Each team needs access to each of the nine Belbin Team Role behaviours to become a high-performing team. The research indicated that the most successful teams were made up of a diverse mix of behaviours. These behaviours are grouped into a set number of related clusters, to which the term 'Team Role' is applied." But the range of useful behaviours, which make an effective contribution to team performance, is finite. "The types of behaviour in which people engage are infinite.