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...

Project teams are a perfect storm of difficulties, and can present myriad problems to managers. How do you break the ice and establish...

Anxiety at work is traditionally viewed as a negative, but new research shows that a moderate amount of stress—of the right kind and...

For decades, the Peter Principle has been a well-known adage. According to this principle, managers “rise to their level of...

“We should take care not to make the intellect our God; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” – Albert Einstein...

I’ve noticed a curious dichotomy when it comes to psychometric and behavioural testing. On the one hand, there’s some considerable...

With a sweltering summer just around the corner, and dreaming of our summer holidays by the pool... This blog was prompted by the...

Belbin and Entrepreneurship: The profiles of successful start‐ups is a fascinating insight into what behaviours work best across time for...

Four years ago, there was no stopping Germany. Each individual in their team had a role to play. They were able to withstand last-minute...

What’s GDPR? It stands for ‘General Data Protection Regulation’, GDPR for short. It comes into effect on May 25th 2018. This represents...

Workplace culture can be tricky – to create, to cultivate, to change. Get it right when you’re starting out and you’ll boost engagement...

When you’re first getting to grips with Belbin, nine Team Roles – nine clusters of behaviour or ways of contributing to a team – can seem...

"Gigging" is on the rise. It's broadly described as freelancing or taking on a series of short-term contracts, rather than working in...

We can’t fix the photocopier or restock the vending machine, but here are 10 problems we know Belbin Team Roles can tackle! 1. Your...

Clients can leave a truly lasting legacy from a meeting or conference by adding a team building session for charity as Sanity have...