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If your work team was represented as a car, which car part would you be?

“A persons tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a characteristic, preferred way”

Role learning Current Values & Experience Motivators Behaviour Field Personality Constraints Mental Abilities

 Henley Business School  Meredith Belbin  Unique approach  Key question “Why do some teams perform better than others?”

 Cattell 16 Personality Factor Test (16PF)  Personal Preference Questionnaire (PPQ)  Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (CTA)

 The Apollo Experiment  All extroverts  All introverts  No closer!!!

 Took observations every 30 seconds.  Who was contributing?  What were they contributing?  How were they contributing?

 Successful teams had a creative thinker.  Identified as ‘Plants’  Tried teams of ‘Plants’  Soon after identified ‘Monitor - Evaluators’ and ‘Coordinators’  Over the next decade 9 team roles discovered

“Balanced teams perform better” “A team of specialists is better than a team of all- rounders”

Plant Characteristics  Creative, imaginative, unorthodox. Solves difficult problems  Ignores incidentals. Too pre-occupied to communicate effectively.

Monitor Evaluator Characteristics  Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees all options. Judges accurately.  Lacks drive and ability to inspire others.

Coordinator Characteristics  Mature, confident, a good chairperson. Clarifies goals, promotes decision- making, delegates well.  Can be seen as manipulative. Off loads personal work.

Implementer Characteristics  Disciplined, reliable, conservative and efficient. Turns ideas into practical actions.  Somewhat inflexible. Slow to respond to new possibilities

Completer Finisher Characteristics  Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out errors and omissions.  Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant to delegate .

Resource Investigator Characteristics  Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative. Explores opportunities. Develops contacts.  Over optimistic. Loses interest once the initial enthusiasm has passed.

Shaper Characteristics  Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. The drive and courage to overcome obstacles.  Prone to provocation. Offends people’s feelings .

Teamworker Characteristics  Cooperative, mild, perceptive, and diplomatic. Listens, builds, averts friction.  Indecisive in crunch situations.

Specialist Characteristics  Single-minded, self- starting, dedicated. Provides knowledge and skills in rare supply.  Contributes only on a narrow front. Dwells on technicalities.

Implementer Act ction ion Shaper Orient Or nted ed Completer Finisher Plant Thinki king ng Monitor Evaluator Orient Or nted ed Specialist Coordinator Peop ople le Teamworker Or Orient nted ed Resource Investigator

“Balanced teams perform better” “A team of specialists is better than a team of all- rounders”