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Assessments Assessment types: Belbin® e-Interplace® Team
Role Profiles and Team Assessments Belbin® e-Interplace® Team Role Profiles and Team Assessments In the post-industrial age, the importance of “teamwork” has
increased exponentially. It seems that every group of co-workers these
days is assumed to be a team, and its members are expected
to be team players. In a group, all the members perform essentially the same tasks: 200 customer services reps in a call centre is a prime example of a group. A team, on the other hand, requires its members to inter-relate. In a well-balanced team, each member fulfills up to 2 – 3 preferred roles. Roles can shift during the course of a project, and a team can flounder if certain critical roles are not filled. Dr. Belbin identified 9 roles:
Dr. Belbin’s Team Role Theory and the suite of assessment tools derived from it: e-Interplace, identifies all of an individual’s team roles – including the roles for which an individual is clearly unsuited. As a framework for understanding team dynamics, and for understanding how individuals interrelate to one another, it offers clear and direct guidance for addressing a multitude of staffing and teambuilding needs, including but not limited to: • Determining critical “soft” success factors
for job and project assignments E. Hamer Associates, Ltd. uses e-Interplace®, the suite of assessment tools developed by the Belbin organization, to provide managers and HR professionals with the information to predict performance outcomes of individuals within teams, and of the entire team itself. Individual profiles incorporate 360-degree observer feedback to supplement the self-perception assessment, enhancing reliability and accuracy. In addition, up to 15 individual profiles can be linked, to provide an in-depth mapping of preferred team roles, missing team roles, potential team role conflicts – in short: of the complex team dynamics so critical to team success. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment is the most widely used personality inventory in the world. Used by practitioners in training, career coaching, and organizational development, and with a history of over 50 years of continuously refined application, it is truly the premier tool to understand an individual's preferred behaviours. Based on the work of Carl Jung, and developed by Katherine Cooks-Briggs, and Isabel Briggs-Myers, the MBTI is a self-assessment tool that will help you better understand yourself and others, what motivates you, and that can indicate possible areas for personal and professional growth. Carl Jung found that people have distinct preferences when it comes to mental activities; he subsequently identified four areas of interest: • How attention is focused (Extraversion or Introversion) When an individual completes the questionnaire, the results will show a preference towards either end of the scale, resulting in a four-letter combination: the Type Indicator. For example: If your type is ESTJ, you will be someone who prefers to • be energized by and focused on the outside world of people and events
ESTJ's are generally pragmatic, realistic, business-like, with a natural talent for enterprise and engineering. They are not overly interested in abstract theories. They want to learn things that are immediately and directly applicable. They like organizing things, and are often good leaders. They rapidly move to implement decisions and are comfortable handling routine tasks and details. The Strong Interest Inventory measures an individual's interest in a broad range of occupations, work activities, leisure activities, and education subjects. The questionnaire compares how these interests are similar to the interests of people successfully employed in these occupations. It is used to help people understand their work interests and to illustrate the kinds of work in which they might be comfortable. Developed at Stanford University , the Strong Interest Inventory is the most comprehensive career-planning tool for anyone seeking career direction. The Strong Professional Report, which we administer, helps identify professional occupations that require post-secondary education. The resulting profile benefits people who are exploring career enrichment or advancement, changing careers, or re-entering the job market. The questionnaire results provide information on the following: 6 General Occupational Themes, which reflect overall orientation to work 25 Basic Interest Scales, which report consistency of interests in specific areas, such as computer activities, science, and public speaking 211 Occupational Scales, which indicate the degree of similarity between the respondent's interests and the common characteristics of people working in those occupations 4 Personal Style Scales, which measure how the respondent likes to learn, work, assume leadership, and take risks The General Occupational Themes describe interests in very broad areas: (A) Artistic - creating or enjoying art (E) Enterprising - selling, managing (R) Realistic - building, repairing (C) Conventional - accounting, processing data (S) Social - helping, teaching (I) Investigative - researching, analyzing Note: While assessments are valuable coaching aids in the hands of an experienced professional, no single tool will give a definitive answer to your career questions. When interpreted and discussed with you by a qualified professional, there is ample opportunity to incorporate your individual hopes and dreams, talents and limitations, into your career or education choices.
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