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The Crisis Team Exercise

By Rob Groen (December 2006 Issue)
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I have been using Belbin’s Team Role Model in Holland for 25 years, applying it in a variety of ways and in many organisations. Over the years I have developed a number of teambuilding games and exercises, often in close cooperation with the participants themselves. The Crisis Team Exercise is my unrivalled favourite and has proven to be a real eye-opener; its effectiveness is obvious in the discussions it triggers among the participants.

The exercise is simple to run, fun and provides great insight into, and understanding of, the Belbin Team Roles. It doesn’t require any special facilities or materials – the participants need flipcharts and markers, and all you need is to do some clever thinking beforehand. It provides a sharp and evocative picture of how team roles actually manifest themselves, not just at the level of observable behaviour but even more at an underlying level, and how team members solve problems, create their own reality and give meaning to life itself. It is no surprise that complementarity is not as easy as it seems.

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