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1. Team Tactics at the Tour de France

   As I write this, the riders in the Tour de France cycling race are climbing the last big mountain of the race: Mont Ventoux. There has been a very interesting team dynamic within the Astana team. The team has two contenders for the overall race winner: Lance Armstrong, and Alberto Contador.

   Posted on Saturday, July 25 2009 by Max Isaac

2. Video: What are Belbin Team Roles?

   What are Belbin Team Roles? This 2-minute clip from our new DVD, Fire, Toast and Teamwork will start to answer your questions.

   Posted on Thursday, July 9 2009 by Max Isaac

3. Myers-Briggs (MBTI) and Belbin Team Roles

   Many organizations use more that one assessment tool to help develop self-awareness and increase team performance. The Belbin Team Role Assessment is one such tool. One of the most common instruments we run into in our client organizations is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI is an assessment based on a questionnaire designed to measure personality differences in people.

   Posted on Tuesday, July 7 2009 by Max Isaac

4. The Must-Read Team- and Personal-Development Books for Summer

   I’d like to share some of my favorite books from my bookshelf. These are some of the books that have influenced my thinking about building and managing teams, and allowing for the best possible learning within an organization.

   Posted on Monday, July 6 2009 by Max Isaac

5. The Best Way to Use Belbin: Playing to Your Strengths

   I’d like to introduce you to our first guest blogger, Nicola Naddi. Nicola is one of our instructors, and has fifteen years of international experience in the fields of leadership, team-working, conflict resolution, coaching and organizational development both within multinational companies and international organizations.

   Posted on Wednesday, June 24 2009 by Max Isaac

6. We're all a-twitter!

   For even more Belbin ideas, you can now follow our tweets on our Twitter page.

   Posted on Thursday, June 18 2009 by Max Isaac

7. The Secrets of Effective Managers

   Belbin.com has just released the study: How Effective Managers Behave – the Secrets to Their Success.

   Posted on Thursday, June 18 2009 by Max Isaac

8. Join our Belbin Users' Community on LinkedIn

   We have just created our Belbin North America group on LinkedIn, as a community for Belbin users across North America.

   Posted on Wednesday, June 17 2009 by Max Isaac

9. The Top 5 Reasons Why Smart Teams Fail

   Over and over again, we see smart teams making the same mistakes. Now you can learn from our experience to maximize your team’s performance by avoiding the top five mistakes that cause teams to fail.

   Posted on Monday, June 15 2009 by Max Isaac

10. Beam Me Up, Belbin: Star Trek & Team Roles

    I went to see the new Star Trek movie last weekend, and was delighted to find such prime examples of the nine team roles!

    Posted on Wednesday, June 10 2009 by Max Isaac