A Belbin Team Role Guide to New Year's Resolutions

A Belbin Team Role Guide to New Year's Resolutions

We’d like to share a light-hearted perspective on New Year’s Resolutions through the lens of Belbin Team Roles.

Enjoy!

🪴 Plant: This year, I will try not to take it too personally when the team rejects my amazing ideas. It’s their loss.

⚖️ Monitor Evaluator: I will try not to be overly critical this year – but I think you’ll find it was the right decision.

📖 Specialist: This year, I will check that the rest of the team are still listening and haven’t put me on mute ‘by accident’.

📞 Resource Investigator: This year I will get a new planner and write everything down and… Oh look, what's that…

🤝 Teamworker: I will be more decisive this year. Probably. When I can. If that’s OK with everyone?

🌏 Co-ordinator: New Year’s resolution? Can’t remember who I delegated that to…📊 Implementer: This year I will embrace change, as long as it involves a spreadsheet and a Trello board.

🔎 Completer Finisher: This year, I will only check through each piece of work twice, or maybe three times, or perhaps…

🗣️ Shaper: I must try not to upset the team this year. I must try not to upset the team this year. I must try not to upset the team this year…