Understanding Team Roles Using Belbin

CPD 6¾ hours (participatory: may count as management)

DATE Thursday 4th December 2008

TIME 10.00am to 4.30pm (Registration and Coffee 9.30am)

VENUE The Board Room, Legal Services Agency Ltd., 3rd Floor, Fleming House, 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow

COST £250.00 full price/£220.00 LSA members (LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED)

OBJECTIVES Meredith Belbin studied why some teams were successful and others failed over a peiod of 12 years.  From his research he has developed 9 team roles that need to be there if a team is to be successful.  We all have an individual profile that maps where we are in terms of the 9 team roles.  Understanding this about our colleagues and ourselves assists us to set up teams for success rather than failure.

The workshop will explain the methodology behind Belbin model.  It will provide people with a personal report on their self perception of themselves.  Each of the Belbin 9 team roles will be explained and how to set up teams for success will be the key outcome of the workshop.  Topics covered will be:

    • Belbin Team Roles?
      • Nobody is perfect but a team can be
      • The 9 roles
      • The 3 categories
    • Your Profile
      • Knowing you
      • Strengths and allowable weaknesses
      • Personal plan of action
    • Setting up Teams for Success
      • The mis
      • Effective team working
    • Practical Application and Review
      • Recruitment and selection
      • Team Analysis
      • Peer observation

OUTCOMES

  • Learn about Belbin's 9 team roles and understand your own profile
  • Understand yourself and your colleagues to aid more effective team working
  • Learn how to build on your natural strengths and manage your weaknesses in a team situation

PARTICIPANTS The workshop is for anyone interested in understanding more about themselves in terms of their strengths and allowable weaknesses.  It is for people who are interested in how to optimise their people into effective teams and undersand more about why some teams work better than others.

SPEAKER The speaker is Debbie Knights, Esteem who has a wealth of experience in facilitating workshops, as well as advising many other companies in making their businesses more successful.  This experience allows Debbie to quickly and accurately 'tune in' to the needs of all delegates.

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