Looks at instruments which can be used in team development. The Types of Work Index provides personal feedback to team members on their job. The Team Management Index helps team members understand the way they like to work. The Linking Skills Index measures how well a person implements...

Managers may not have a model which enables them to diagnose the kind of people needed to fit various roles in a team. The Team Management Wheel was developed through discussions with managers on how to improve team work. Shows how managers can use a number of measures to provide a cognitive map...

Examines action learning as a way for individuals to educate themselves for management positions. Considers classroom learning courses and distance learning. Focuses on action learning as a way to develop practical management skills. Proposes levels of action learning, learning methods, ways to...

We wish to produce a new way in which managers can look at how they manage themselves and their team. We have called the approach Mapping Managerial Styles because it is possible for each person to assess their own approach to work and look at how it compares with other people's. This is...

Why is Team Management Important? Success or failure in business is a result of whether people work together effectively in teams. Some organisations have a very good record in teamwork. These include companies like Shell, Citibank, Hewlett‐Packard, IBM as well as smaller organisations. When...

A study of US female chief executive officers (CEOs) identifies the women as more creative, better qualified, and appointed to the role of CEO at a younger age. Although female CEOs identify the importance of motivation, personal drive and people skills as key reasons for success, they equally...

Vast amounts of money are spent on management development. This includes not only formal courses, whether they be in educational organisations or within companies, but also the job related efforts that continue from day‐to‐day. If we add to that the support systems such as the salaries of...

This article outlines the factors Chief Executive Officers consider critical in the development of their own careers. In a study of British CEOs five major factors were identified: interpersonal influencing skills; responsibility for a business sector; a need to achieve results; early leadership...

The Team Management Index, a 60‐item self‐completion questionnaire, generates a 3,000‐word profile (after the answers have been fed into a computer program) which outlines the individual's work preferences in the areas of decision making, team building, leadership, information management,...

A good starting point for management development staff is to interview company “high flyers” to establish their views. Research carried out among 711 American client executives (CEOs) to discover their perceptions of management development shows that managers with a high need for achievement...