Maximizing Your Strengths

Using a Belbin Report

Meet Max Isaac

CEO of

Belbin Expert

30+ years of consulting with

business leaders worldwide

Co-author of:

Close the Interaction Gap

The Third Circle –

Interactions That Drive Results

Setting Teams Up for Success

A Guide to Team Roles

Objectives

Understand the

Belbin Team

Role

Methodology

Know how to

read and

interpret

a Team Role

Report

Gain insight

and practical

knowledge of

how to use the

report to

improve your

individual

performance

How a Team Role Report

Can Help You

Self-

Mastery

Self-

Management

Self-

Awareness

Can’t get

here

Unless you

start here

The Nine Team Roles Allowable Weakness

Preoccupied.

Overly critical. Slow moving.

Narrow focus.

Offends people's feelings.

Possibly inflexible.

Reluctant to delegate.

Avoids confrontation.

Over-optimistic.

Can be manipulative.

Has drive to overcome obstacles.

Turns ideas into actions and organizes tasks.

Finds errors. Polishes and perfects.

Listens and averts friction.

Explores opportunities, develops contacts.

Clarifies goals. Delegates effectively.

Team Role Contribution

Generates ideas & solves hard problems.

Sees all options and judges accurately.

Provides rare knowledge and skills.

Ac

tio

n

SH Shaper

IMP Implementer

CF Completer Finisher

Peo

ple

TW Team Worker

RI Resource Investigator

CO Coordinator

Th

inkin

g

PL Plant

ME Monitor Evaluator

SP Specialist

Analysis of your

Team Role Composition

The overall rank order on the bottom line represents the combination of the Self-Perception and the total of the Observers’ input.

Ex

am

ple

R

ep

or

t

Jane Crow John Low Sue Jones Hue Smith Jack Payne

Belbin’s View

Natural or

preferred roles

Manageable

roles

Least preferred

roles

Look for big

differences

between

self-ratings

and observer

ratings.

Comparing

Self and

Observer

Perceptions

Hidden strengths - strengths that people don’t recognize in

themselves - are potential assets that are going to waste

A Ferrari in My Garage?

What about the other difference?

Ex

am

ple

R

ep

or

t You rated

yourself high,

but your

observers

rated you

much lower

or a FAKE Ferrari?

Importance

of

Coherence

Coherence =

How well YOUR ratings match those of your observers

High coherence means you are more self-aware and effectively working with others (playing to your true strengths).

Perfect alignment is impossible.

Live Poll Look at p. 5 (Comparing Self and Observer Perceptions) in your own report.

How many of you have a true Ferrari, how many

have a fake Ferrari, and how many are well

matched for all ratings?

I have a true Ferrari-in-my-garage

I have a fake Ferrari

My assessments match those of my observers

True Ferrari: Observer rating is 30 points or more higher than self-rating.

Fake Ferrari: Self-rating is 30 points or more higher than observer ratings.

Your

Team Role

Preferences

In this example, the person feels they excel at three roles (RI, CO, TW), and have little aptitude for four roles (SH, ME, IMP, CF).

E x a m p l e R e p o r t

Observed Team Role

Strengths and Weaknesses

• Weaknesses are to be expected, especially on the strongest roles.

• They are allowable as long as they do not become too extreme.

List of Observer

Responses

This is the complete list of words your observers could choose from to describe your behavior.

All words line up to a specific role as either a strength or associated weakness (italicized).

Maximum score = 2 x number

of observers

Ex

am

ple

R

ep

or

t

Impulsive is

one of the

allowable

weaknesses

associated

with the Role

of RI

Observed Team Role

Strengths & Weaknesses

List of Observer

Responses

This is the complete list of words your observers could choose from to describe your behavior.

All words line up to a specific role as either a strength or associated weakness (italicized).

Maximum score = 2 x number

of observers

Ex

am

ple

R

ep

or

t

What can you do with the information?

The next three pages of the report help you decide

how to act on the ratings you received.

Team Role

Feedback

E x a m p l e R e p o r t

• The data on this page is based on common themes for people who have a similar pattern of Team Role strengths & weaknesses.

Based on your

top four roles.

Shows how to

use them in

different

combinations

for different

situations.

• This report will help you rely less on intuition

and be more purposeful and intentional.

• Be more aware of your strengths and

weaknesses.

• Telegraph your strengths to others.

• Develop a strategic plan for your interaction

skills.

Plant Fred

• Contact us by May 6th

and receive a 40%

discount on up to

10 Belbin Reports

• Receive a 1-hour

personal coaching

session. 25% discount

until May 6th.

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Any questions on High Performance Teams and Belbin Team Roles?

Please email me:

Max

info@3circlepartners.com

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