Belbin’s Team Roles
Dr. Meredith Belbin identified model of nine team roles. He observed that every team member tend to adopt to one of these roles and contribute/interact in team accordingly.
An effective team would have members fulfilling all of these key roles. Understanding these roles help to form a balanced team.
Action Oriented Roles
- Shaper: Dynamic, extrovert members often engaging in solution discussions.
- Implementer: Conservative, disciplined members getting things done.
- Completer-Finisher: Perfectionists with attention to each and every small detail in project. Making sure all the tasks are tracked and completed.
People Oriented Roles
- Resource Investigator: Enthusiastic extroverts working with external stakeholders to get things done.
- Teamworker: Diplomatic, negotiators providing support to team members.
- Co-ordinator: Delegate, coordinate tasks within team. Good listeners.
Thought Oriented Roles
- Plant: Creative innovators. Plant new ideas, solutions. May be over enthusiastic.
- Monitor-Evaluator: Analyze and evaluate ideas carefully. Critical thinkers and very strategic.
- Specialist: Expert in their particular domain. May bring a lot of technical discussions even at ideation stage.