Late 2009
In this issue...
New online team building facility
Belbin and strategy integration
Hot Spots in South Africa
Just for Fun
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Published by CERT Consultancy & Training
Edited by:
Barrie Watson
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Latest news, stories and developments
New online team building facility
An exciting new development for us is the integration of Belbin Team Role profiling into the Novicraft online active learning exercise in collaboration with Teaming Stream of Finland.
This can be described as a virtual team building programme that uses the latest technology
to provide teams with a demanding team challenge. The integration of Belbin Team
Role profiling into the Novicraft award winning engaging multi-
Because team members can participate online from different venues it provides a highly cost effective approach to team building without the need for expensive travel and venue hire costs.
For more details contact Tomi Väisänen at: tomi.vaisanen@teamingstream.com
Latest Belbin Accreditation training open course dates
2010
Apr 8-
Apr 14-
May 11-
May 13 Ireland*
(*Dynamic Delegation Course)
Dates TBC -
Contact barrie.watson@cert-
This reflects the fact that as both Ann and I are getting past our sell by date (she might kill me for saying this) we are continuing to focus more and more on helping our collaborative partners and the many people we have helped to become Belbin accredited deploy the Belbin methodology. This enables us to spend more time at Little Gringley and enjoy the rural countryside. (See the photo on the right and you will get an idea of why we quite like it here.)
I hope you will enjoy reading this edition of News Update and also like the new design and layout. Do let me have your views and comments.
Barrie Watson -
A view from the office window
Hot Spots in South Africa
An amazing example of what happens when a team integrates and uses the power of the
Belbin Team Role Methodology -
As part of the programme for 13 HP team members 7i™ introduced the Belbin Team Role Inventory to support the process of creating Hot Spots? After identifying the current roles of all the team members, the HP team was able to see where the gaps were within in the team with regards to the various roles that are needed to create balance, or put in another way, the right match to create a Hot Spot and make the sparks fly, in a good way.
By using the Hot Spots and the Belbin Team Role model, the HP team was able to acknowledge their current team status and make meaningful steps forward as well as identify every individual’s role within the team which enabled them to fill in the missing gaps that are needed to create balance and energy within the team.
HP decided that instead of drifting along on an open sea of no excitement except for the ever pending dread from wild unpredictable storms, they wanted to rock the boat and set their own pace and create their own waves. Their actions and mindset indicated that if the boat should tip because of all the commotion, that they as a team would take on the challenge and create unexpected – walk on the water!
Belbin and strategy integration
We need to embed our strategy? That was the challenge facing Pegler Yorkshire Group in the UK. Glen Ford, of HobsonFord Associates – a Belbin accredited consultant trained by CERT – helped the business to formulate a new corporate plan using the Argenti five stage business planning system (For more details, including a case study go to: http://www.hobsonford.co.uk/strategy_belbin.html).
As the assignment progressed it was recognised that wider buy-
Starting with the senior management group the combination of Argenti and Belbin is proving to be the perfect partnership.
If you would like details about how the Argenti and Belbin Team Role methodology combines please contact Glen at glen.ford@hobsonford.co.uk
Just for fun
If you get an automated response to your email saying “I can’t respond to your emails today, something has crashed on my computer and the mouse has gone missing” Just smile and ignore it! It’s one of Ann’s jokes and they are worse than mine!
A Fully Managed Belbin Team Role Profiling Service -
If you need any Belbin Team Role profile reports we have set up a fully managed service to make life easier for you. There is no additional charge for using this service and we take care of getting all of the assessments completed and providing you with the reports you need.
For full details contact:
Welcome to the latest edition of News Update. In this edition the focus is on what our collaborative partners and clients have been doing and how they have integrated the Belbin methodology into different projects.
For more information on Hot Spots and how Belbin contributes to creating them contact Carol Koffman at: carolk@7i.co.za
