BELBIN SELF PERCEPTION INVENTORY INSTRUCTIONS: To respond to this inventory, you will need to think back to occasions when you have been involved in any form of team activity and to make generalisations on the basis of those experiences. For each section, you are asked to distribute a total of ten points among the sentences which you think more accurately describe your behaviour. These points may be distributed among several sentences, in extreme cases they might be distributed among all the sentences or 10 marks might be given to a single sentence. However try to avoid either extreme. When you’ve finished, enter the points in the table provided on page? Time estimate = 25 minutes. SECTION 1: WHAT I BELIEVE I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A TEAM (a) I think I can quickly see and take advantage of new opportunities. (b) I can work well with a wide range of people. (c) Producing ideas is one of my natural assets. (d) My ability rests in being able to draw people out whenever I detect they have something of value to contribute to group objectives. (e) My capacity to follow through has much to do with my personal effectiveness. (f) I am ready to face temporary unpopularity if it leads to worthwhile results in the end. (g) I can usually sense what is realistic and likely to work. (h) I can offer a reasoned case for alternative courses of action without introducing bias or prejudice. SECTION 2: IF I HAVE A POSSIBLE SHORTCOMING IN TEAMWORK IT COULD BE THAT (a) I am not at ease unless meetings are well structured and controlled and generally well conducted.
BELBINS TEAM ROLES KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: CW Company Worker RI Resource Investigator CH Chairperson ME Monitor Evaluator SH Shaper TW Team Worker PL Plant CF Completer- Finisher USEFUL PEOPLE TO HAVE IN TEAMS TYPE TYPICAL FEATURES POSITIVE QUALITIES ALLOWABLE WEAKNESSES COMPANY WORKER Conservative, dutiful, predictable Organising ability, practical common sense, hard- working, self-disciplined Lack of flexibility, Unresponsiveness to unproven ideas. CHAIRPERSON Calm, Self confident, controlled A capacity for treating and welcoming all potential contributions on their merits, strong sense of objectiveness No more than ordinary in terms of intellect or creative ability SHAPER Highly strung, outgoing, dynamic Drive and a readiness to challenge inertia, ineffectiveness, complacency or self deception Proneness to provocation, irritation and impatience PLANT Individualistic. Serious minded, unorthodox Genius, imagination, intellect, knowledge Up in the clouds, inclined to disregard practical details or protocol RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR Extroverted, enthusiastic, curious, communicative A capacity for contacting people, exploring anything new, an ability to respond to challenge Liable to lose interest once the initial fascination has passed
MONITOR EVALUATOR Sober, unemotional, prudent Judgment, discretion, hard headedness Lacks inspiration or the ability to motivate others TEAM WORKER Socially orientated, rather mild, sensitive An ability to respond to people and to situations, and to promote team spirit Indecisiveness at moments of crisis. COMPLETER- FINISHER Painstaking, orderly, conscientious, anxious A capacity for A tendency to worry about small things, A reluctance to ‘let go’