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Team Collaboration Mapping
TCM is a technique used by teams to figure out how to use the unique strengths and capabilities that individual team members have. Often a team doesn’t have insight into the roles people naturally want to play. Instead, team members are given tasks that may in fact set them up to fail. TCM not only avoids this dynamic but also provides an avenue for people to discover their strengths and capabilities – leading to more engaged team members and a more successful and efficient team.
Better business results
Team Collaboration Mapping allows people to do the work that suits their capabilities.
TCM facilitates:
- Assignment of team roles to individuals to ensure the role is executed efficiently
- A shared understanding by the team of who will play each role and why
- Actions individuals will take to contribute their role strengths to the team
- Increased employee engagement, improved individual and team performance and better business results
How It Works
1
Complete Belbin Report
Each team member completes a Belbin Report, which is a verified team strengths tool that helps people to understand their strengths and weaknesses.
2
Team Collaboration Map
Individuals receive their Belbin reports and all reports are compiled into a Team Collaboration Map.
3
1-hour online tutorial
Team members review a 1-hour online tutorial to explain key concepts that will help them understand their Belbin Report and Team Collaboration Map.
4
team workshop
A 2-hour team workshop is held where self-guided discussions occur to help the team apply their learning and increase team effectiveness.
What are Belbin Team Roles?
Resource Investigator
Uses their inquisitive nature to find ideas to bring back to the team.
Strengths: Outgoing, enthusiastic. Explores opportunities and develops contacts.
Allowable weaknesses: Might be over-optimistic, and can lose interest once the initial enthusiasm has passed.
Teamworker
Helps the team to gel, using their versatility to identify the work required and complete it on behalf of the team.
Strengths: Co-operative, perceptive and diplomatic. Listens and averts friction.
Allowable weaknesses: Can be indecisive in crunch situations and tends to avoid confrontation.
Co-ordinator
Needed to focus on the team’s objectives, draw out team members and delegate work appropriately.
Strengths: Mature, confident, identifies talent. Clarifies goals.
Allowable weaknesses: Can be seen as manipulative and might offload their own share of the work.
Plant
Tends to be highly creative and good at solving problems in unconventional ways.
Strengths: Creative, imaginative, free-thinking, generates ideas and solves difficult problems.
Allowable weaknesses: Might ignore incidentals, and may be too preoccupied to communicate effectively.
Monitor Evaluator
Provides a logical eye, making impartial judgements where required and weighs up the team’s options in a dispassionate way.
Strengths: Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees all options and judges accurately.
Allowable weaknesses: Sometimes lacks the drive and ability to inspire others and can be overly critical.
Specialist
Brings in-depth knowledge of a key area to the team.
Strengths: Single-minded, self-starting and dedicated. They provide specialist knowledge and skills.
Allowable weaknesses: Tends to contribute on a narrow front and can dwell on the technicalities.
Shaper
Provides the necessary drive to ensure that the team keeps moving and does not lose focus or momentum.
Strengths: Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles.
Allowable weaknesses: Can be prone to provocation, and may sometimes offend people’s feelings.
Implementer
Needed to plan a workable strategy and carry it out as efficiently as possible.
Strengths: Practical, reliable, efficient. Turns ideas into actions and organises work that needs to be done.
Allowable weaknesses: Can be a bit inflexible and slow to respond to new possibilities.
Completer Finisher
Most effectively used at the end of tasks to polish and scrutinise the work for errors, subjecting it to the highest standards of quality control.
Strengths: Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out errors. Polishes and perfects.
Allowable weaknesses: Can be inclined to worry unduly, and reluctant to delegate.
our partners trust us
Rick Ayers
Vice President, Retirement Plans, Securian
“The biggest outcome for the Retirement Business using [Belbin North America’s principles] has been to give clarity to the growth strategy and focus of the division, and to gain alignment with all departments – a collaborative approach that has assisted us with bringing new products to the marketplace quicker. Our team functions much better at the strategic level – as team effectiveness has improved – so has speed to market.”
Stephen Dennis
Director, Granite Construction Inc.
“I’ve engaged with Belbin North America as a supplier for almost 20 years now while at two different global, multi-sector companies where we extensively utilized [their principles] to improve our company’s internal collaboration muscle. I find their training offerings to be very relevant in meeting our needs and intended outcomes, especially in using Belbin with literally thousands of employees to help them interact better together. The team at Belbin North America is one of the most responsive and flexible I have ever worked with, besides just being a good bunch of nice people. I cannot recommend them enough for helping take your team to a higher level of performance.”
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