Belbin Team RoleReport for
PURUSHOTHAM REDDYPOTHIREDDY
University of NorthumbriaKB7036 People in Project Management
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Team Role Summary Descriptions
Team Role Contribution Allowable Weaknesses
Plant
Resource
Investigator
Co-ordinator
Shaper
Monitor
Evaluator
Teamworker
Implementer
CompleterFinisher
Specialist
Creative, imaginative, free-thinking.Generates ideas and solves difficult
problems.
Ignores incidentals. Toopre-occupied to communicate
effectively.
Outgoing, enthusiastic, communicative.Explores opportunities and develops
contacts.
Over-optimistic. Losesinterest once initial
enthusiasm has passed.
Mature, confident, identifies talent.Clarifies goals. Delegates effectively.
Can be seen as manipulative.Offloads own share of the
work.
Challenging, dynamic, thrives onpressure. Has the drive and courage to
overcome obstacles.
Prone to provocation. Offendspeople's feelings.
Sober, strategic and discerning. Seesall options and judges accurately.
Lacks drive and ability toinspire others. Can be overly
critical.
Co-operative, perceptive anddiplomatic. Listens and averts friction.
Indecisive in crunchsituations. Avoids
confrontation.
Practical, reliable, efficient. Turns ideasinto actions and organizes work that
needs to be done.
Somewhat inflexible. Slow torespond to new possibilities.
Painstaking, conscientious, anxious.Searches out errors. Polishes and
perfects.
Inclined to worry unduly.Reluctant to delegate.
Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated.Provides knowledge and skills in rare
supply.
Contributes only on a narrowfront. Dwells on technicalities.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Team Role Overview
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The bar graph in this report shows your Team Roles in order from highest to lowest, using all availableinformation. The other pages of your report will analyse your Team Role Overview in more detail.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
Percentile
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CF CO IMP TW RI ME PL SP SH
Key
CF Completer Finisher
CO Co-ordinator
IMP Implementer
TW Teamworker
RI Resource Investigator
ME Monitor Evaluator
PL Plant
SP Specialist
SH Shaper
The graph above shows your Team Roles in order of preference. Some people have an even spread ofTeam Roles whilst others may have one or two very high and very low Team Roles. An individual doesnot necessarily show all nine Team Role behaviours.
This graph is based solely on your views. In addition to analysing your own views, you can ask others tocomplete Observer Assessments to provide feedback about the Team Role behaviours they observe inyou. This is useful because Team Role contributions are about the way others see us and work with us,as well as the way we perceive ourselves.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Your Team Role Preferences
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This report shows your percentile scores for each Team Role, according to your Self-Perceptionresponses. Team Roles are divided by percentile score into Preferred, Manageable and LeastPreferred Roles.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
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Plant
Resource
Investigator
Co-ordinator
Shaper
Monitor
Evaluator
Teamworker
Implementer
Completer
Finisher
Specialist
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Please remember that Belbin Team Roles consist of both strengths and associated weaknesses. Fromyour responses, your top Team Roles show a relatively high ratio of associated weaknesses to strengths.We recommend requesting Observer Assessments to give a more rounded view of your Team Rolecontributions.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Team Role Feedback
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This report offers guidance and advice on the best way to manage your behaviour at work and makethe most of your Team Role contributions. The applicability of the advice may vary depending on thestage of your career and your current working situation.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
You appear to have a disposition towards managerial liaison work, as well as a concern foraccuracy and attention to detail. As such, you could be well-placed to act as the public advocate ofquality, encouraging others to aspire to - and maintain - high standards.
If you are a manager, take a close interest in the jobs of those who work for you. Pay attention toexactly how things have been done without interfering or implying superior knowledge. If you findfault with what is being practised, you may achieve the desired results merely by posing one ortwo well-formulated questions. Always make yourself available as someone to whom others mayturn to talk about key job issues.
When dealing with either your manager or colleagues, it may be advisable for you to avoiddwelling for too long on minor matters. Instead, you should project yourself as someone whobelieves that attention to detail as a general principle offers competitive advantage. Your mission isto communicate this outlook to all with whom you associate. You should be able to do so byreference to personal example and without resorting to rank or status. However, by bringing youractions and public words in line with each other you will command added respect.
Your working style should be one of taking a broad view and then getting down to the detail.
You could also focus on cultivating your ability for efficient planning and organisation. One of themost effective ways to establish your reputation is by hard work. If you can develop a practical wayof working, not only are you likely to benefit, but you may well find others following your example.
On a final note, you need to take account of the role for which you are least suited. You do notappear to have the characteristics of someone who obtains results by driving others forward. If youcan work in harmony with someone who has these complementary qualities, your performance islikely to improve.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Maximizing your Potential
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This report highlights your Team Role strengths and possible weaknesses, based on your views andthose of your Observers, if applicable. The section, 'Understanding your Contribution', providesanalysis of your responses to your Self-Perception to enable you to work more effectively.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
Strengths
You are likely to:
o be very precise, demanding and achieving high standards in your work.
o be equally capable of taking a broad overview and focusing on details.
o draw out contributions from others and make the best use of the talent within a team.
Possible Weaknesses
You may:
o take a generalist approach and tend not to get involved with the specifics of a subject.
o find it difficult to adapt to quickly-changing events.
o not tend to explore or originate new ideas.
Understanding your Contribution (based on your self-perception)
Looking at the results solely from your self-perception (not taking any observer views into account), youhave highlighted two possible contributions you can make. Below is some advice on how to play to yourstrengths further in these areas:
To play your Completer Finisher role to better effect, aspire to produce polished work and topromote your image as someone who gets the details right.
To play your Co-ordinator role to better effect, take the lead role in bringing others toagreement on important decisions. Aim for a balance between airing different views andmoving to a conclusion.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Feedback and Development Suggestions
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This report is ideal for handing to and discussing with your line manager. It will provide an insight intoyour preferred way of working and the environment in which you thrive. Alternatively, this report is alsoa useful aid for any manager or recruitment specialist who wants to find out more about the individualin terms of their preferred working style and environment.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
Key points
It is important to establish whether PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY can work well under pressureand how he copes with meeting deadlines.
Work Environment
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY is well-suited to taking responsibility for an area where delivery to highstandards is vital and where people's efforts need to be brought together to ensure that given standardsare reached. It is important that responsibilities within the job should be clearly defined at the outset, sothat PURUSHOTHAM REDDY knows which work is to be delegated and which will come under his ownremit.
PURUSHOTHAM REDDY POTHIREDDY
Suggested Work Styles
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This report looks at the combination of your top Team Roles and suggests working styles that may besuitable. Phrases are provided which summarise the relevant working styles.
This report is based upon your Self-Perception only.
Team Roles Work Style
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CF CO
Checking Progress
"I like to ensure high standards aremaintained by the whole group."
CF IMP
Deploying Quality Processes
"I am at my most effective when I canimprove procedures as I apply them."
CF TW
Assisting
"I am most appreciated for the way I canachieve high standards when working with
others."
CO IMP
Organising
"My main strengths lie in organising myselfand others."
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Glossary of Terms
Self-Perception Inventory (SPI)The Self-Perception Inventory is the questionnaire an individual completes to ascertain his or her TeamRoles. The questionnaire consists of eight sections, with each section containing ten items. The individualis asked to allocate ten marks per section to those statements which best reflect his or her working styles.
Observer Assessment (OA)The Observer Assessment is the questionnaire completed by people who know the Self-Perceptioncandidate well. We recommend that observers are chosen from among those who have worked with theindividual closely and recently and within the same context (e.g. within the same team), since Team Rolebehaviours can change over time and in different situations, offering advice on managing this.
Team Role StrengthThese are the positive characteristics or behaviours associated with a particular Team Role.
Team Role WeaknessThis is the flipside of a strength: negative behaviour which can be displayed as the result of a particularTeam Role contribution. If someone is playing a particular Team Role well and their strengths outweightheir weaknesses in the role, it is called an “Allowable weakness”. Weaknesses become ‐“non allowable” iftaken to extreme or if the associated Team Role strength is not displayed.
PercentilesA percentile is a way of measuring your position in relation to others (the rest of the population). If a groupof people take a test and receive scores, these can be distributed from highest to lowest and anindividual’s score can be judged in relation to the scores of others. If a person’s score is in the 80thpercentile, this indicates that 20% of people have scored more highly for this measure.
PercentagesPercentages represent a proportion of the whole. If you take an aptitude test and score 70 marks out of apossible 100, your score is 70%.
Strong example of a Team RoleA strong example is someone who appears to play a particular Team Role to especially good effect. Toqualify as a strong example of a particular Team Role, someone needs to be in the 80th percentile for thatTeam Role according to their Self-Perception. Once observer assessments are added, their feedback isalso taken into account to determine whether or not someone qualifies as a strong example.
Points DroppedSome items in the Self-Perception Inventory pertain to claims about oneself rather than a valid Team Rolecontribution. If you have made more claims than 90% of the population, your Team Role feedback willtake this into consideration.