by The Belbin Team | May 21, 2024 | Blogs, Featured
How do you define resilience? Is it our capacity to endure? To bounce back from failure? Is it positivity in the face of adversity? All too often, the discourse around resilience focuses on toxic positivity: hanging on, ‘toughing it out’ and being seen to be coping,...
by The Belbin Team | May 21, 2024 | Blogs, Featured
Listening is key to effective communication. In teams, failing to listen to one another is a common cause of conflict and other difficulties. Team and group settings place different demands on the listener, because we are not responding directly to the speaker,...
by The Belbin Team | Mar 28, 2024 | Blogs, Featured
Easter egg hunts are a tradition that’s as much about fun as it is about strategy, especially when viewed through the lens of Belbin Team Roles. Let’s explore how each role might hop into action. Plants Start by brainstorming the most unconventional places to...
by The Belbin Team | Mar 25, 2024 | Blogs, Featured
Is the value we place on human connection and teamwork getting further down the priority list or are we experiencing a timely resurgence? Amongst the fast pace and relentless demands of our daily work lives, it’s easy to forget the simple and rewarding connections...
by The Belbin Team | Feb 10, 2024 | Articles, Blogs, Featured
Gone are the days when you hired someone just on their shiny CV packed with technical skills and job experiences (eligibility). Now, the spotlight is equally, if not more, on what the team needs in terms of a complement to how the work is done and ability to work...
by The Belbin Team | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles, Blogs, Featured
How to fix a culture of busyness In a culture of busyness, there is a constant state of urgency. The implicit assumption is that high levels of activity equate to high productivity. Busyness itself becomes a status symbol – something to be admired – which leads to...
