#belbinteamroles

[iperezherreros]

Setting up the @belbin_team_roles circle to understand the performance of the #team @bilbaoekintza #teamroles #belbinteamroles #ilovemyjob c/ @connuevosaires @elguisanteverdeproject @filmatu https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKGb1EBVeY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a1vna7q7f38s

[iperezherreros]

Working with @belbin_team_roles with a group of amazing people @bilbaoekintza #team #teamroles #belbinteamroles #ilovemyjob c/ @connuevosaires @elguisanteverdeproject @filmatu https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKFyB-hGQC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zx4szdnxvwh

[kayleypeters91]

The Assessment

    So, today’s the day – the day the group assessment was officially set. At first glance the details slightly confused me as I was unsure what it was we were actually supposed to be doing. But Jane was able to remove this confusion by taking the seminar group step by step through the stages required. Once I’d eventually gotten my head around it, the tasks actually seemed like fun; I know what you’re thinking, an assessment being fun, really?!

    First, with the details provided, we were to create a brief explaining who we were, what we wanted the PR consultancy to do for us, and how we wanted them to do it. We were then to formally exchange briefs and respond to the brief given to us by the other group. This was to be done in the form of a pitch, which may have included presenting who we are as a PR consultancy, what our previous campaigns consisted of, and our ideas for their particular campaign. But before any of this could happen we were to split up into groups.

    That dreaded task of choosing group members had once again come back to bite. Not in a negative way however; the problem was that everyone in the seminar group really didn’t mind who they were to work with for the task. When an awkward silence began to exist, Jane thought of a creative, yet simple and fair way of putting us into our groups: the style of picking numbers out of a hat. I chose a scrap of paper with the number ‘two’ written on it and joined the others that had also done this.                        

    I was very pleased with the other three members of my group, if not feeling lucky, as there was one member of the seminar group I didn’t particularly wish to work with due to previous negative experiences of working with them. Three of the group members I was also working with for another module, so had a very good idea of what to expect from them. And as a result, my expectations were very high. I knew what they were capable of and expected them to put as much effort as they put into other tasks into this one. The final member I had not worked with before, but after completing the Belbin Test in a previous seminar, it was revealed that they were a Completer-Finisher, just like me. According to Belbin, characteristics of a Completer-Finisher include being “painstaking, orderly, conscientious, and anxious.” They are “invaluable where tasks demand close concentration and a high degree of accuracy.” Due to this I felt positive that this person would deliver some excellent ideas and also that our work for each task would be finished to perfection (or thereabouts!)  Other group members’ results from the test were Team Worker: “socially orientated, rather mild and sensitive” and Shaper: “highly strung, outgoing, and dynamic.”

    The group had a variety of skills and it was quite clear that certain people would be better at certain aspects of the tasks than others. We knew that our skills needed to be put into good use in order to do well in this task.     

   So … Let the work begin!