Team Roles at Work

R. Meredith Belbin, MA, PhD, CCIPD, FRSA, attended Clare College, Cambridge, UK, was formerly Chairman of the Industrial Training Research Unit, and is a founding partner of Belbin Associates. In a consulting capacity, Dr Belbin has advised the OECD, the US Department of Labor, the EEC, and myriad manufacturing companies and public service organisations. Victoria Brown, MA Cantab, MPhil, is a writer and Head of Research and Development at Belbin. She works closely with Dr Belbin, applying and researching his latest insights into teams, organisations, and the Belbin Team Role methodology through product development, papers, and thought leadership content.

1. How roles at work emerged, 2. The qualifications mystery, 3. Emergence of a Team Role language, 4. Eligibility versus suitability, 5. Coherent and incoherent role profiles, 6. Interpersonal chemistry in the workplace, 7. Managing difficult working relationships, 8. A strategy for self-management, 9. The art of building a team, 10. The management of succession, 11. Leadership for the modern world, 12. Real teams in a virtual world