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Belbin - Making of

Belbin roles - Making a balanced team 


Going into this session, I still hadn't decided on which group i want to join but Annabeth said it should be decided by the end of this session. I had offers from a few groups but decided to join up with Jolanta, Elena and Alisha as i knew i wanted to another attempt at a 2-D group project and i felt like this team had good chemistry and was full of talented artists. Annabeth explained Belbin roles to us and how these 9 personalities make a strong balanced team. 





When going through the Belbin roles i found that these four applied best to me;
 
  • Monitor Evaluator -  I feel this suits me well as i know that the critical side of my brain is over developed and have always thought i had sound judgement when it came to decision making. Working very slowly resonated too deeply and is something I'm trying to work on.
  • Team Worker -  I feel that my social relation when working in a group is always good, i try resolve situations if they do arise to best of my ability. This has been to detriment in the past i know now that you cant make everyone in your group happy. 
  • Complete Finisher - I think the complete finisher and the Evaulator have similar characteristics, as a concern i have is that work wont to be my standard and will be reluctant to let others do it, biting off more than i can chew.
  • Specialist - I know for a fact that i don't want a lot of roles and would want to pay more attention to 1 or 2 roles and give it my full effort rather being stretched thin and having the work suffer. 


After we went through team roles and the Belbin roles that fitted us, we found that we were missing an editor and an Implementer. Luckily for us Aidan was looking for a group to join and he fit us perfectly. Also I was really glad to have another guy in the group. Very happy with the team and looking forward to what we can produce.


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