Identifying Team Roles - Griffith University
Identifying Team Roles - Griffith University
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TEAMWORK<br />
<strong>Identifying</strong> team roles<br />
A team role as defined by Dr Meredith Belbin is: “A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate<br />
with others in a particular way.”<br />
Which of these roles sounds like you?<br />
BELBIN<br />
<strong>Team</strong>-Role<br />
Type<br />
Plant<br />
Co-ordinator<br />
Implementer<br />
Monitorevaluator<br />
Completerfinisher<br />
Resourceinvestigator<br />
Shaper<br />
<strong>Team</strong>worker<br />
Specialist<br />
Contributions<br />
Creative, imaginative, unorthodox.<br />
Solves difficult problems.<br />
Mature, confident, a good<br />
chairperson. Clarifies goals,<br />
promotes decision-making,<br />
delegates well.<br />
Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees<br />
all options. Judges accurately.<br />
Disciplined, reliable, conservative<br />
and efficient. Turns ideas into<br />
practical actions.<br />
Painstaking, conscientious, anxious.<br />
Searches out errors and omissions.<br />
Delivers on time.<br />
Extrovert, enthusiastic,<br />
communicative. Explores<br />
opportunities. Develops contacts.<br />
Challenging, dynamic, thrives on<br />
pressure. Has the drive and courage<br />
to overcome obstacles.<br />
Co-operative, mild, perceptive and<br />
diplomatic. Listens, builds, averts<br />
friction.<br />
Single-minded, self-starting,<br />
dedicated. Provides knowledge and<br />
skills in rare supply.<br />
http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/gihe/griffith_graduate/<br />
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Allowable Weaknesses<br />
Ignores incidentals. Too<br />
preoccupied to communicate<br />
effectively.<br />
Can often be seen as manipulative.<br />
Off-loads personal work.<br />
Lacks drive and ability to inspire<br />
others.<br />
Somewhat inflexible. Slow to<br />
respond to new possibilities.<br />
Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant<br />
to delegate.<br />
Over-optimistic. Loses interest once<br />
initial enthusiasm has passed.<br />
Prone to provocation. Offends<br />
people's feelings<br />
Indecisive in crunch situations.<br />
Belbin team-roles. Accessed from the World Wide Web on 1September 2004.<br />
http://www.belbin.com/belbin-team-roles.htm<br />
Contributes only on a narrow front.<br />
Dwells on technicalities.<br />
Student handout—<strong>Identifying</strong> team roles
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