tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638309613142554834.post2252158821515221907..comments2017-10-31T04:24:31.883-07:00Comments on Blogging cataloguing!: A personal Belbinstjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638309613142554834.post-23234443118382711182012-08-03T03:11:35.811-07:002012-08-03T03:11:35.811-07:00Thanks for your comments, Heather. I wholeheartedl...Thanks for your comments, Heather. I wholeheartedly agree with you when you talk about "enough general truth" to think it "applies to you"! One must always take these things with a pinch of salt and I would NEVER appoint anybody to my team based on their preferred working style! Again, I wholeheartedly agree that what we need is a balanced team of people who can work together harmoniously, and I think doing the quiz and sharing our top scores has helped people to understand where colleagues might be "coming from", which will in turn (hopefully) foster tolerance and understanding and help celebrate the diversity of team members, as well as encourage am even greater team spirit.<br />As this post was essentially about me, I was interested to see how my working styles might have changed over the years!<br />Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638309613142554834.post-52049627417885009512012-08-03T00:58:09.260-07:002012-08-03T00:58:09.260-07:00I did Belbin many years ago and yes, was fascinate...I did Belbin many years ago and yes, was fascinated - but tend to think (being a terrible old cynic, as you all know by now) that it's just like horoscopes, or those "Are you hot or are you not" questionnaires in Cosmo - whatever the outcome, it contains enough general truth for you to be able to convince yourself that yes, it applies to you. <br />What struck me about Belbin in the context in which it was presented to me, was that when team-building what you emphatically do NOT want is a team of people who all have the same profile. What you want is a team of people whose profiles complement each other. Just as, every football team needs a good goalkeeper, but no football team is going to function if it consists of ELEVEN goalkeepers. That, I think, is the danger in trying to determine a "cataloguer" profile and then set about building a team only of people who match it. I'm not saying that is what YOU would do, of course, but there is a lot of talk around there being a particular type of person who is good at cataloguing, and how to identify them. Most cataloguers are people too, thank goodness, and it can be other skills than just cataloguing ones which turn out to be the most valuable in a team (certainly the lack of those other skills can be the most costly).Heather Jardinenoreply@blogger.com