“In the best teams, members listen to one another and show sensitivity to feelings and needs.”[1] That was the finding of Google’s...

People don’t leave organisations, they leave managers, right? Wrong. That’s according to Culture Amp, who have conducted a literature...

"We've done a Belbin session, now what?" 5 Simple Steps to Keep Belbin Alive One of Belbin’s great strengths is that the Model, profiles...

We spend a lot of time exploring what makes teams work and how to improve their effectiveness, but how often do we stop and think about...

The merits of a team should never be assessed without first considering its purpose. A team is not a group of people who occupy the same...

We recently worked with an international membership organisation and asked for feedback on their experience of working with us to build...

Research into effective leadership overwhelmingly tells leaders to ‘look within’, and for good reason. It’s not about introspection for...

I hate you so much right now... As a manager, there's nothing quite like the moment when someone starts their monthly check in with "I...

“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!” – Peter Senge Businesses need to adapt in order to survive. Addressing the need...

Can Team Roles change? Belbin measures behaviour, rather than personality. Whilst the two are interlinked (personality is one of many...

In the past our concepts and experience of leadership have revolved round the solo leader. The leader, familiar to us, is the one with...

One question we are asked on a regular basis: “I’ve done Belbin with the team – what do I do now?” Of course, this is a question without...

We’re inclined to think of negotiations as big, one-off events. We frame them in antagonistic terms. We set up a false opposition between...

This case study from our colleague, Anders N. Reichborn, in Norway introduces an innovative and informative way to illustrate how Team...

Recipe for Success When you find the recipe for success with an individual or group, it’s tempting to try and reproduce those...

Pressure. Some people thrive on it; others buckle. But how can we predict someone’s reaction? And if we have an idea of what this...

In 1965, Dr Bruce Tuckman was doing ground-breaking work on group dynamics in Ohio. A couple of years later, Dr Meredith Belbin began his...

Professor J. Richard Hackman, late Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University, wrote an article...

‘Distrust, politics, infighting and gossip’: why companies are paying the price for avoiding feedback. We might think we’re dodging a...

“When all think alike, then no one is thinking.”* Groupthink occurs when a group’s pursuit of cohesion and conformity limits creativity...