Have you ever wondered why geese fly in a ‘V’ formation? Turns out geese innately know the secret to great teamwork. They have a common destination and work in perfect unison to get there together. Better together When geese fly together as a team, each goose provides additional lift and reduces air resistance for the goose flying behind it. Flying in this ‘V’ formation, the whole flock adds 71% more flying […]
Here are some top tips to how to attain and sustain high-performing teams in your organisation How the Team Management Profile (TMP) helps build high-performing teams The Team Management Profile (TMP) is built on a model of both work and people. Its framework and methodology align with contemporary situational leadership theory. This theory tells us that behaviour is the result of the individual AND the situation in which they find […]
We’re all project managers now, whether or not you’ve realised this. As a manager, you may need to plan and manage projects yourself or delegate projects to your team to plan and manage. You may be tasked with trying to determine better ways to cuts costs in a plant, lay out a new marketing plan, review a process to improve efficiencies, or develop a new policy. All these projects involve: […]
Organisations cannot prosper without effective communication. Yet despite their best intentions, people often have difficulty sending, and interpreting, even simple messages. This barrier to effective communication is strongly related to a person’s thinking preference. Different thinking preferences = different communication styles An analytical thinker establishes key facts and then wants to move on; an organised thinker focuses on detail and contingency; a personalised thinker wants everyone to have a say; […]
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is one of the most recognised and used psychometric tools in the world. The MBTI tool was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. They had both extensively researched the work of Carl Jung. Jung theorised that there are four principal psychological functions by which we experience the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. One of these four functions is dominant most […]
