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The Belbin North America Team

Behind every Belbin engagement is an experienced team focused on one thing: helping organizations improve how their teams actually work together. We combine research-backed insight with practical application so teams don’t just understand themselves, they perform better.

Who We Are

A practical team behind a practical tool.

Belbin North America works with individuals, teams, leaders, consultants, and organizations who want to improve collaboration, communication, and performance.

Our role is to help people understand how they contribute at work, where teams may have strengths or gaps, and how Belbin insight can be applied in real working situations.

We support organizations through:

  • Belbin Individual, Team, Group, and Large Group Reports
  • Workshops and team development sessions
  • Team Collaboration Mapping
  • Belbin Accreditation and practitioner support
  • Ongoing guidance for applying Belbin in the workplace
Max Isaac
CEO

Max Isaac

Max is the CEO of 3Circle Partners. He brings a depth of knowledge and experience from his career in general management and consulting in North America, England, Europe and Asia.

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Lindsay Lalla
VP, Marketing & Client Support

Lindsay Lalla

Lindsay has been spearheading the introduction of the Belbin Team Role methodology into North America. She is a skilled facilitator and leads Belbin Accreditation programs.

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Heather Kaschak
Marketing & Operations

Heather Kaschak

Heather supports Belbin North America across marketing, operations, and customer engagement. She helps plan and deliver digital content and process improvements that enhance the client experience and strengthen Belbin’s mission of building effective teams.

Melody Archer
Belbin Coordinator

Melody Archer

Melody is the Belbin Coordinator for Belbin North America. She supports clients purchasing advisory services, workshops, and reports and brings over 15 years of experience working with the Belbin Interplace system.

Renzie Persad
Financial Management

Renzie Persad

Renzie Persad, CPA, CGA, manages Belbin North America’s accounting function. He brings over two-and-a-half decades of experience in financial and managerial accounting to the team.

Debbie Bannister
Accounting Support

Debbie Bannister

Debbie works directly with Belbin North America’s clients and vendors. She draws from over three decades of experience across retail, consulting, banking, entertainment, and service industries.

Trusted by the Teams Who Can’t Afford to Miss

Belbin has been trusted by global organizations for over 35 years—including Fortune 1000 companies who know performance isn’t about personality, it’s about team chemistry.

It’s not just theory—it’s the Gold Standard in team dynamics.

“Belbin gave us a framework we didn’t even know we needed. It changed how we collaborate.”

— Director, Global Strategy, Pharmaceutical Company

See the Team You Have. Build the Team You Need.

Curious how your team would map out? Let’s walk you through it.

In just one session, we’ll show you how a Belbin assessment works, what your Team Collaboration Map could look like, and how we help close the Interaction Gap—without personality labels, fluff, or guesswork.

Let’s start with a conversation.







Lindsay Lalla

Lindsay Lalla is the VP of Marketing and Client Support for Belbin North America. Most recently, she has been spearheading the introduction of the Belbin Team Role methodology into North America. Lindsay is a skilled facilitator, and also runs the Belbin Accreditation classes where she certifies others in the Belbin method.
Lindsay’s formal education is in instruction and performance. Combined with her 17 years of adult education experience, she brings a depth of understanding in how to deliver the highly experiential workshops that are a hallmark of the Belbin North America approach to education and organizational development.

Patrick Ballin

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.

He has helped many well-known organisations to get their ideas and projects off the ground by working with business leaders and their teams to optimise interaction, strategy and execution.
Patrick was Global Head of Supply Chain and Logistics Development for The Body Shop, an international retailer of ethical health and beauty products, and managed its change programme across 52 countries. In 2009, he set up the national redundancy coaching service, Rework, for the UK industry charity, Retail Trust. Patrick spent his earlier career with ACWL Group, one of the pioneering UK Apple Centres, where he was a divisional Director.
He holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, is a Visiting Lecturer for Brighton Business School, a Fellow of the RSA and coach for social enterprise incubator On Purpose.

Max Isaac

Max is the CEO of 3Circle Partners. He brings a depth of knowledge and experience from his career in general management and consulting in North America, England, Europe and Asia.
Max has assisted CEOs and senior leaders within client organizations with the design and implementation of Interaction Planning processes, team based organizational development programs and Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
Prior to moving into the field of organizational development, Max was the CFO for the Retail Division within The Molson’s Organization, where he took a lead role in growing the business to over $1 billion in revenues, doubling its size in four years through acquisitions and internal growth.
Max is co-author of Close The Interaction Gap, The Third Circle – Interactions That Drive Results, Setting Teams Up for Success and A Guide to Team Roles. He is also the contributing author of the Organizational Change sections of Mike George’s books Lean Six Sigma published in May 2002 and Lean Six Sigma for Service published in June 2003. Max is a registered CPA, CA in Canada. His undergraduate degree was earned at Witwatersrand University, South Africa.