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Belbin and Lencioni

We take a look at Patrick Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a Team and examine how to use Belbin to mitigate a team’s problems and pave the way for success.

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Belbin, Project Aristotle and high-performing teams – everything you need to know

In 2012, Google set out to investigate what makes some teams successful, while others fail. Sound familiar? Here’s what they discovered and how it relates to the research of Meredith Belbin.

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Boost your EQ with Belbin

We explore how emotional intelligence can help people work better together, and how Belbin can help develop your EQ.

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Stuck doing work that doesn’t come naturally?

Gallup tells us that employees who play to their strengths are six times more likely to be engaged. Nice work if you can get it, but what happens if you don’t have the opportunity?

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Belbin and Tuckman: Supporting your team at every stage

Tuckman studied teams from formation to completion and identified crucial stages in a team’s life cycle. Belbin’s observations of teams uncovered nine Belbin Team Roles. So how do the two fit together

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Belbin and the gig economy

“Gigging” is on the rise. It’s broadly described as freelancing or taking on a series of short-term contracts... But what does a gig economy mean for the way we work together?

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Flexibility, diversity, self-awareness: Why what Generation Z are looking for could benefit everyone

Understanding Millennials – or more accurately, emphasising the differences between generations – is big business. And of course, it’s more of a headline-grabber to make it a tribal thing.

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Why Teams Matter

We spend time exploring what makes teams work, but how often do we stop and think about why and when to deploy teams in the first place?

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Six Common Teamwork Myths put Straight

Six Common Misperceptions about Teamwork - a Belbin perspective on the original research by Professor J. Richard Hackman.

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Can my Belbin Team Roles change?

Belbin measures behaviour, rather than personality. Since behaviour changes, we can expect our Team Roles to change over time as well. But what might cause this change?

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