Selecting and developing high-performing teams.Helping individuals form productive working relationships.The focus will be on sharing well-proven approaches that have an impact on the following issues: Spend a morning with a senior team from Belbin to show how you can use the widely acclaimed Belbin Team Role methodology to bring about tangible improvements in business performance. Meredith – enjoy your two days off and I look forward to your latest thinking on your return. I have the good fortune to sit opposite one of the most forward thinking, creative and original management gurus of the past 50 years – yes, he still comes into the office most days. Over a million Belbin reports, in over 50 countries, have been produced to help people make a positive impact on their life at work. Managers have learned how to make the most of their people by first understanding their own preferences and adapting to communicate more effectively. Teams have enhanced productivity by understanding their collective strengths and weaknesses. Project teams have been able to allocate work to the right people. The application of the theory has enabled individuals worldwide to understand their contributions in the workplace which has, in turn, led to more effective working relationships. But Meredith should be credited with more than just Team Role theory. Nine years of observing management teams at work culminated in the language of Team Roles – a theory which is taught in most management schools today. Before Meredith and his team carried out their groundbreaking research at Henley Management College, the idea that successful teams needed to include people with different behavioural strengths wasn’t part of the collective consciousness in HR/training and management.

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