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Role Typical Features Positive Qualities Allowable Weaknesses

This document describes 9 different Belbin Team Roles: Plant, Coordinator, Monitor Evaluator, Implementer, Completer Finisher, Resource Investigator, Shaper, Teamworker, and Specialist. For each role, it provides typical contributions and allowable weaknesses. The roles can be categorized into three types: action-oriented roles focused on tasks, people-oriented roles focused on relationships, and cerebral roles focused on thinking and problem solving.

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Role Typical Features Positive Qualities Allowable Weaknesses

This document describes 9 different Belbin Team Roles: Plant, Coordinator, Monitor Evaluator, Implementer, Completer Finisher, Resource Investigator, Shaper, Teamworker, and Specialist. For each role, it provides typical contributions and allowable weaknesses. The roles can be categorized into three types: action-oriented roles focused on tasks, people-oriented roles focused on relationships, and cerebral roles focused on thinking and problem solving.

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Role

Typical
Features

Positive Qualities

Allowable
Weaknesses

Implementer
(IM)

Conservative,
dutiful,
predictable

Organising ability, practical


common sense, hard
working, self-discipline

Lack of flexibility,
unresponsiveness to
unproven ideas

Calm, selfconfident,
controlled

A capacity for treating and


welcoming all potential
contributors on their merits
and without prejudice; a
strong sense of objectives

No more than ordinary


in terms of intellect or
creative ability

Shaper (SH)

Highly strung,
outgoing,
dynamic

Drive and a readiness to


challenge inertia,
ineffectiveness,
complacency or selfdeception

Proneness to
provocation, irritation
and impatience

Plant (PL)

Individualistic,
serious-minded,
unorthodox

Genius, imagination,
intellect, knowledge

Up in the clouds,
inclined to disregard
practical details or
protocol

Co-ordinator
(CO)

Role

Typical
Features

Positive Qualities

Allowable
Weaknesses

ResourceInvestigator
(RI)

Extroverted,
enthusiastic,
curious,
communicative

A capacity for contacting


people and exploring
anything new; na ability to
respond to challenge

Liable to lose interest


once the initial
fascination has
passed

MonitorEvaluator
(ME)

Sober,
unemotional,
prudent

Judgement, discretion,
hard-headedness

Lacks inspiration or
the ability to motivate
others

Team Builder
(TB)

Socially oriented,
rather mild,
sensitive

An ability to respond to
people and to situations,
and to promote team spirit

Indecisiveness at
moments of crisis

CompleterFinisher (CF)

Painstaking,
orderly,
concientious,
anxious

A capacity for followthrough; perfectionism

A tendency to worry
about small things; a
reluctance to let go

These are:
action-oriented roles - Shaper, Implementer, and Completer Finisher
people-oriented roles - Co-ordinator, Teamworker and Resource Investigator
cerebral roles - Plant, Monitor Evaluator and Specialist

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BELBIN Team-Role Type
PLANT

CO-ORDINATOR

MONITOR EVALUATOR

IMPLEMENTER

COMPLETER FINISHER

RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR

SHAPER

TEAMWORKER

SPECIALIST

Contributions

Allowable Weaknesses

Creative, imaginative, unorthodox. Solves difficult


problems.

Ignores incidentals. Too pre-occupied to


communicate effectively.

Mature, confident, a good chairperson. Clarifies goals,


promotes decision-making, delegates well.

Can often be seen as manipulative. Off loads


personal work.

Sober, strategic and discerning. Sees all options.


Judges accurately.

Lacks drive and ability to inspire others.

Disciplined, reliable, conservative and efficient. Turns


ideas into practical actions.

Somewhat inflexible. Slow to respond to new


possibilities.

Painstaking, conscientious, anxious. Searches out


errors and omissions. Delivers on time.

Inclined to worry unduly. Reluctant to delegate.

Extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative. Explores


opportunities. Develops contacts.

Over - optimistic. Loses interest once initial


enthusiasm has passed.

Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure. The drive


and courage to overcome obstacles.

Prone to provocation. Offends people's feelings.

Co-operative, mild, perceptive and diplomatic. Listens,


builds, averts friction.

Indecisive in crunch situations.

Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated. Provides


knowledge and skills in rare supply.

Contributes only on a narrow front. Dwells on


technicalities.

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