TEXT

The art of team-building has been studied by many people, but possibly the most interesting work on the subject has been done by Dr Meredith Belbin. He identified 'personality team roles': the ideas person, the organiser, the diplomat, and so on. There are nine key personality types and a team will work most effectively if it has  them all. But a team of three could work together very successfully if, among them, the members combined the nine personality types.

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS:

Team-building- komandos formavimas
Subject- dalykas, tema
Identify - nustatyti
Personality - asmenybė
Effectively - efektyviai
Combine - jungti

EXERCISE:

Match the symbol with the type of worker:

Company worker CH
Chairman RI
Team worker SP
Specialist CW
Resource investigator TW

ANSWERS:

Company worker - CW; Chairman - CH; team worker - TW; Specialist - SP; Resource investigator - RI;

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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