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

Now for a short explanatory video…

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 RolesAllowable 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.

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SHShaper

IMPImplementer

CFCompleter Finisher

Peop

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TWTeam Worker

RIResource Investigator

COCoordinator

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PLPlant

MEMonitor Evaluator

SPSpecialist

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.

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Jane CrowJohn LowSue JonesHue SmithJack 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?

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or a FAKE Ferrari?

Importance of

CoherenceCoherence =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 PollLook 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-garageI have a fake FerrariMy 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

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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

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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.

Big Picture

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its

ability to climb a tree, it will live its

whole life believing that it is stupid”

~Albert Einstein

Plant Fred

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Any questions on High Performance Teams and Belbin Team Roles?

Please email me:

Maxinfo@3circlepartners.com

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