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Belbin® Team Roles

A team role as defined by Dr Meredith Belbin is:

"A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way."

Meredith’s work at Henley Management College identified nine clusters of behaviour – each of which is termed a team role. Each team role has a combination of strengths and allowable weaknesses.

When you complete the Belbin® self-perception questionnaire you will receive (among other reports) a ‘fingerprint’ of your preferences for each of the nine Team Roles. You may find that you have three or four natural roles which you can use appropriately depending on the current situation. Very few people display characteristics of just one team role.

The value of Belbin® team role theory lies in enabling an individual or team to benefit from self-knowledge and adjust according to the demands being made by the external situation.

As Belbin® Team Roles describe a pattern of behaviour this fingerprint isn’t fixed, as many factors influence how we behave – for example, a change in job. Ideally you should re-complete a Belbin® self-perception inventory as you progress through your career. Each Belbin® report is only a snapshot of your behaviour at that one given time.

As an example our 'Introduction to Belbin Team Roles' itinerary is:-
- Explanation of Belbin Team Role Theory
- Presentation of Self-Perception profiles
- Making the most of your Team Roles
- Team Roles and working relationships
- Profile of the team
- Team exercise and feedback
- Ideas for further development

Presentations within the framework of other courses and follow-up sessions, fees by arrangement.

Belbin® Team Roles is protected by worldwide copyright and is registered to Belbin Associates.



Duration: Belbin® Team Roles can be up to half a day, or combined with other tasks and challenges for a full day programme. Sessions can be adapted to suit client's timetable.
Location: Hotels, conference centres or client's own premises.
Dress: Casual wear or appropriate for client.
Investment: £1750 + VAT for up to 20 participants; £95 + VAT per additional participant. This session includes facilitation.

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Additional Activities
Click on the links below to view team building activities that work well with a Belbin team roles programme:-

Team Tasks - competitive team building games relying on creative, physical, artistic and analytical inputs from the team to achieve the solution.

The Chocolate Challenge - to simulate business processes in a light hearted and highly creative environment, requiring co-operation, mental and artistic skills (and a lot of chocolate!)

Paint A Perfect Picture - An artistic challenge that builds on team co-operation as well as individual skills to achieve the common goal of recreating a masterpiece.

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We understand that when a team has fun, it becomes more effective and relationships grow stronger. Fresh Tracks bridge the gap between traditional classroom based team training and more physical outdoor team building experiences.


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