Belbin Personality Group Reflection Paper

Creating Effective Teams: a Guide for Members and Leaders is a book by Wheelan (2013) designed to do as the title states; guiding members and leaders to create effective teams. Wheelan (2013) begins the book by highlighting the reasons that groups are important. Wheelan (2013) states that throughout history, “Groups have played a major role in both the survival of human beings and the development of human culture” (p. 1). The majority of the book is based on 4 stages that create a group of individuals into an effective team. The first stage is called dependency and inclusion. According to Wheelan (2013), the first stage of the group is

Over the last 100 years, the underpinning concepts in the fields of psychology and counseling were wrought. Within this period, these concepts have transformed and evolved from somewhat crude conceptions of the psyche toward more holistic interventions and approaches. As the profession continues to move forward, adaptations of the original theorists regarding the nature of man and the development of personality continue to emerge. These adaptations, along with the integration of new concepts and ideas, continue to contribute to the field. The author describes his view of man and human nature, personality development, and explores potential implications for counseling.

Psychoanalytical theory approach would not view human motivation as Maslow. The psychoanalytic theory place human motivation as an individual’s sexuality and aggression (McAdams, 2006). In psychoanalysis the person talks about they are experiencing with a therapist who

The tests related with personality intrigue people because human personality is a very curious topic for people. Everyone wants to know about their personality and the internet has become the easiest method to access any personality test that claims to solve your queries about your own. People take interest into these tests and end up being fooled by some vague claims made by a machine that has all remarks and conclusions fitted in it. I was no exception to it when I decided to take a personality test and get included in the list of those people who got duped by such tests.

Feist, J., & Feist, G. J. (2009). Theories of Personality (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Challenges to effective team performance can be overcome by the organisation being clear about the values and objectives in relation to staff and service users and communicating these and the time frame in which these are expected to be achieved. Support should be given to those who are capable of sharing the organisations objectives so they can become committed to ensuring that the service outcomes are met. If this is not done then it can be difficult to maintain effective team working. Dawes and Handscomb performed a review on team leadership in 2005 and suggested that these difficulties stemmed from competing professional interests. In different settings they reviewed the relationship between team working and care outcomes and it was found that within a long term care setting the care outcomes required effective team working to be met.

Teamwork is a quality that I believe is crucial for the medical field. I am a collaborative person and working well with others is a strong attribute that I and workers in the medical industry possess. Also, I do not discriminate nor do I ever refuse to work with anyone because of personal feelings. This is a significant quality that one should possess in order to provide safety for their

Roles and responsibilities – It is possible that during the project development some staff may have difficulty in defining their roles within the team or were not part of the role development process that takes place during the forming stage of Tuckman’s team development model. It is also likely within the project team to have duplication of roles/function, even though Belbin’s Team roles model may have been used. However it is not a pre-requisite that all team must have the nine roles specific by Belbin. ‘Team members can take on more than one role and some roles are not necessary in certain teams’. (Horn 2009:13)

However with advantages come disadvantages. For example, with correlational studies there is no background information obtained. Therefore, the reliability of the correlational studies is questioned.

* Identification of any of Belbin’s team roles you think you AND others adopt with examples.

After taking the Belbin test I learned that I am primarily a Team-worker, followed by a Implementer. I agree with both of these descriptions. In the past couple months I was on a few diagnostic teams with three other SLP graduate students. When I have been a part of these teams I feel like I do a good job of gathering materials that we need for the diagnostic, and I do a good job of collaborating with the other clinicians. I do agree with the description of the weaknesses for both of these roles, and I feel like these are my weaknesses. I feel like I do tend to avoid confrontation, and have trouble deciding what to do when a quick decision needs to be made. I think it helps when I have all the options thought out with both it’s pros and cons,

Some key personality concepts that define who I am is introvert, intuitive, intuitive feeling, and judging. Introverted intuition allows me to appreciate a better clarity of perception of inner unconscious techniques. It allows me to act spontaneously and insightful as original resolutions present themselves, on a case by case basis. Basically this means that I follow my intuition and not how I may sense something.

Belbin’s Team Roles are named by who created this team role, British psychologist, Dr Meredith Belbin. In 1969, Dr Belbin was invited to use this business game as a starting point for a study of team

From completing the questionnaire I think my core skills of team working and communication need moderate development. The team roles that best describe me are: Monitor Evaluator, Team worker and Completer/Finisher (Belbin 1993). If I know myself as well as I think I do, I think these roles are more in line with my personality. At work I get involved in various projects and 4

There have been many researches that studied the characteristics of a successful team over a period, Belbin’s work is one of the most widely known it investigated how different people within a team adopt different teamwork roles. In order to be successful all quality improvement teams must have the following characteristics: