Belbin's Team Roles Framework

• Resource investigator


  • Outgoing, enthusiastic
  • Explores opportunities and develops contacts
  • Might be over-optimistic, and can lose interest once the initial enthusiasm has passed
• Teamworker


  • Co-operative, perceptive and diplomatic
  • Listens and averts friction
  • Can be indecisive in crunch situations and tends to avoid confrontation
• Coordinator


  • Mature, confident, identifies talent
  • Clarifies goals
  • Can be seen as manipulative and might offload their own share of the work
• Plant


  • Creative, imaginative, free-thinking, generates ideas and solves difficult problems
  • Might ignore incidentals, and may be too preoccupied to communicate effectively
• Monitor Evaluator


  • Sober, strategic and discerning
  • Sees all options and judges accurately
  • Sometimes lacks the drive and ability to inspire others and can be overly critical
• Specialist


  • Single-minded, self-starting and dedicated
  • They provide specialist knowledge and skills
  • Tends to contribute on a narrow front and can dwell on the technicalities
• Shaper


  • Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure
  • Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles
  • Can be prone to provocation, and may sometimes offend people's feelings
• Implementer


  • Practical, reliable, efficient
  • Turns ideas into actions and organises work that needs to be done
  • Can be a bit inflexible and slow to respond to new possibilities
• Completer Finisher


  • Painstaking, conscientious, anxious
  • Searches out errors
  • Polishes and perfects
  • Can be inclined to worry unduly, and reluctant to delegate