Career Development - Test Two - What is your team role? This test is designed to help you identify your preferred team. It should take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. How do you behave, contribute and interrelate with others when part of a team? We all have natural tendencies in our workplace. Determining your team role can help you in your career planning and personal development decisions. Your can use this information to find the environment you need to thrive and work out how best to work with colleagues. If all of your team members take the test, it also enables you to work out your whole team’s strengths and weaknesses and can be invaluable in team development activities. The role we take on when part of a team has been defined by Dr. Meredith Belbin as "Our tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way". We all have natural tendencies in workplace activities. Determining your team role preferences can help you in your career planning and personal development decisions. The team roles specified for you will reflect the behaviours and attitudes that you tend to adopt within a work team. However, it is important to keep in mind that your behaviour in a team is not determined solely by your preferences - there are other factors at play. These include:
Most people can and do assume each team role, to some degree. However, there are a few team roles that come to us more naturally. No matter what roles you tend to fill, each role is important and has its own strengths and weaknesses. How do you behave, contribute and interrelate with others when part of a team? We all have natural tendencies in our workplace. Determining your team role can help you in your career planning and personal development decisions. Your can use this information to find the environment you need to thrive and work out how best to work with colleagues. If all of your team take the test, it also enables you to work out your whole team’s strengths and weaknesses and can be invaluable in team development activities. To determine your team roles, read the following questions and answer as you would, should you find yourself in such situations.Answer the questions below and then click submit. For Part One of the test, please indicate whether the statement is true or false for you. Please rate each statement as follows: 5 - Completely true
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