Does the Belbin Team Role model only apply when working in a team?
A Although the original research looked at how people behave and interact in teams it is my opinion that the nine clusters of behaviour used by the Belbin Team Role model have applications outside formal team work. For example, building productive relationships between work colleagues by helping them identify and use complementary qualities. I also believe that the tendencies identified by Belbin methodology are still there when we are working alone, for sure I have a preference for using my natural Shaper/Resource Investigator strengths whatever the circumstances and I thing the same applies to most of us.
