For Yaohan International Group, the most important aspects of management development are not the acquisition of knowledge and the training of skills per se, but the cultivation of the right mind and spirit. The group thrives on the corporate culture which believes in the unlimited potential of...

Presents answers to the question: how does the development of self‐knowledge of managers contribute to organizational success in commercial terms? The question originated from a discussion by a group of management developers about the relationships between personal development and effective...

Substantiates the author′s response of “paradoxical” to the titular question through analysing key transcending issues in her consulting practice. Discusses each of the transcending issues cited in terms of expectation vis‐à‐vis experience in reality which led to resolution in...

Raises the question why society relies on ranking and grading from the first day of school, through the educational system, into the working environment. Goes on to discuss the effects of extrinsic forces on intrinsic attributes and describes and assesses the concerns/views of theorists such as...

Explains the Royal Mail approach to self‐assessment. An increasing umber of companies are using a self‐assessment process at an organizational or business unit level, but this often has little impact at a local level. Describes how Royal Mail has increased involvement through unit...

Argues that the behaviour of people at all levels in an organization can be categorized according to the “erratic‐systematic‐organic” model. Describes the organizational behaviour characteristic of each phase. Suggests that the best way for an organization to find out which phase it is...

Demonstrates that EMBA graduates experience broadended perspectives. They “think more broadly”, “understand more comprehensively” and report the “life changing” outcomes expected by their sponsoring organizations. Focuses on the development of managers from specialist perspectives to...

Uses personal construct psychology and ideas about personal mythology to explore the significance of our choice of occupation, and the impact of organizational change on our core beliefs and values. Argues for a more sensitive, informed and complex response to resistance to change, and an...

Originates from a management development programme which was run for a statutory water authority over a period of two‐and‐a‐half years, which sought to facilitate a change in management style away from a directing and controlling paradigm towards a supportive and trust‐based paradigm. A...