Belbin is a research-based methodology used worldwide to help people discover, articulate and refine their strengths, to build more effective teams and improve business performance.
More than just a theory, Belbin is a practical tool, and the fully-normed and researched Belbin reports offer comprehensive, tailored advice and guidance.
Lecturers and students have benefited from including Belbin theory and Belbin reports in to their lectures. Using Belbin can help to:
Dr Meredith Belbin defines a ‘Team Role’ as one of nine clusters of behavioral attributes identified by his research at Henley as being effective in order to facilitate team progress.
Having a language and framework to understand the contributions needed to facilitate the success of a team is critical in organizations today.
This is why universities and business schools worldwide teach the Belbin theory, and use the Belbin reports.
They are giving their students education and skills they can hone and perfect in the classroom, and which they can use to full effect in the world of work.
The only way to find out where your students’ Belbin Team Roles strengths (and weaknesses) lie is to ask them to complete the Belbin Self-Perception Inventory, and ideally to obtain feedback from others.
The Self-Perception inventory is completed online and generates a Belbin Individual report. The report is full of insights and advice that students can use to encourage self-reflection and maximize learning opportunities offered by study groups and problem-based learning.
You can purchase the Belbin reports from us in a number of ways: as needed; or more cost-effectively, via annual licence. Get in touch so we can explore the best option for you, your department and your academic establishment.
“Students suggested that as a result of reflections, their Belbin Individual report (with 360 feedback) and the interactive training day there were positive changes including enhanced employability skills; increased self-awareness and self-affirmation; increased confidence and heightened awareness of Team Roles and how to work in a high-performing team.”
Dr Jenny Johnson and Dr Denise Preece from the University of Liverpool Management School, discuss their Beacon Project: Developing Team Skills to Enhance University Group Work and Student Employability.
“Presently, we can see that the use of the Belbin report can help to produce a more unique and personal reflective account of project-based learning.
Particularly, in the context of more fast-paced innovation ‘sprint’ projects, where utilizing Team Roles effectively is crucial to achieve project success.
Innovation projects often involve interdisciplinary teams. This makes innovation work more challenging and complex as it requires teams to build new and generative relationships and team dynamics. Innovation teams need to develop a shared identity, common goals and cohesive team actions from during early stages of team development in order to become high performing project teams.
Belbin enables this process and it can help individual team members to develop new skills and capabilities based on reflecting on their own ways of working and interacting with to others.
For our students, Belbin helps to make them more aware of critical issues and teams and helps them to develop new skills that make them ‘innovation ready’ and fit for future project work with industry.”
“Students are always positive about completing their Inventories – we’ve been using Belbin for nearly 20 years – the Global MBA Programme students started back in 2002! Belbin continues to be relevant and students always value their Reports and the Belbin process.”
Barbara Kemp, Oxford Brookes University
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Patrick offers more than 25 years of experience with some of the most successful businesses in Europe as a consultant, change manager and executive coach.
