Analysing these Team Roles uncovers the behavioural strengths and weaknesses of the individuals that you work with in the team. The research team began to identify separate clusters of behaviour, each of which formed distinct team contributions or “Team Roles”. Their research revealed that the difference between success and failure of a team was not dependent on factors such as intellect, but more on behavior of the team members.
In the 1970s, Dr Meredith Belbin and his research team investigated why some teams seem to work and while others hit the rocks.
The co-creation stage, when the emphasis shifts towards developing group outputs.