Teams and organizations are not just groups of people, but rather a network of interconnected vessels, in which each person fulfills a specific role. As a leader, you need information about who is on your team, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how they complement each other within the group. This knowledge will help you, for example, with team building and increasing its effectiveness. Who is on your team? Which competencies overlap, and which are missing?
The Belbin Team Inventory allows you to assess how individual team members and the team as a whole function. This will help you, for example, with team building and increasing effectiveness. Who is on your team? Which competencies overlap, and which are missing?
This exercise to identify whether your team is engaging in “groupthink” will help you identify it and take steps to increase creativity and diversity within your team. Has your team fallen into the trap of groupthink?