BELBINS TEAM ROLES KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: CW Company Worker RI Resource Investigator CH Chairperson ME Monitor Evaluator SH Shaper TW Team Worker PL Plant CF Completer- Finisher USEFUL PEOPLE TO HAVE IN TEAMS TYPE TYPICAL POSITIVE ALLOWABLE FEATURES QUALITIES WEAKNESSES COMPANY Conservative, dutiful, Organising ability, Lack of flexibility, predictable practical common Unresponsiveness to WORKER sense, hard- working, unproven ideas. self-disciplined CHAIRPERSON Calm, Self confident, A capacity for No more than controlled treating and ordinary in terms of welcoming all intellect or creative potential ability contributions on their merits, strong sense of objectiveness SHAPER Highly strung, Drive and a Proneness to outgoing, dynamic readiness to provocation, irritation challenge inertia, and impatience ineffectiveness, complacency or self deception PLANT Individualistic. Genius, imagination, Up in the clouds, Serious minded, intellect, knowledge inclined to disregard unorthodox practical details or protocol RESOURCE Extroverted, A capacity for Liable to lose interest enthusiastic, curious, contacting people, once the initial INVESTIGATOR communicative exploring anything fascination has new, an ability to passed respond to challenge
BELBINS TEAM ROLES KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: CW Company Worker RI Resource Investigator CH Chairperson ME Monitor Evaluator SH Shaper TW Team Worker PL Plant CF Completer- Finisher USEFUL PEOPLE TO HAVE IN TEAMS TYPE TYPICAL FEATURES POSITIVE QUALITIES ALLOWABLE WEAKNESSES COMPANY WORKER Conservative, dutiful, predictable Organising ability, practical common sense, hard- working, self-disciplined Lack of flexibility, Unresponsiveness to unproven ideas. CHAIRPERSON Calm, Self confident, controlled A capacity for treating and welcoming all potential contributions on their merits, strong sense of objectiveness No more than ordinary in terms of intellect or creative ability SHAPER Highly strung, outgoing, dynamic Drive and a readiness to challenge inertia, ineffectiveness, complacency or self deception Proneness to provocation, irritation and impatience PLANT Individualistic. Serious minded, unorthodox Genius, imagination, intellect, knowledge Up in the clouds, inclined to disregard practical details or protocol RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR Extroverted, enthusiastic, curious, communicative A capacity for contacting people, exploring anything new, an ability to respond to challenge Liable to lose interest once the initial fascination has passed
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