Belbin (eng)

You are being tested for compliance with Raymond M. Belbin's team role profile. This concept of team roles is the result of practical research by management teams working on product creation and development. The task of the research was to predict the success of the team based on knowledge of the composition of the participants. As a result of the research, the author of the concept identified 8 roles, which are definitely represented in each successful team: Coordinator, Resource Investigator, Team Worker, Plant, Implementer, Completer Finisher, Sharper, Monitor Evaluatator. (Later he added one more role: Specialist).

The number of roles does not imply that there should be exactly 9 people in the team. The same employee can combine the qualities of two or three roles. For productive work, it is important that each of the roles is properly represented and that the team is balanced.

"People with a clear team role profile develop strategies not only in their favorite areas, but also in areas that were initially considered unsuitable for them," says the researcher. Therefore, from the perspective point of view of each individual employee and his or her contribution to teamwork, team role can be a more important factor than competence.