The role of values in organizations has been a highly researched topic (Collins in Good to Great, HarperCollins, New York, <CitationRef CitationID="CR3">2001</CitationRef>; Collins and Porras in Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, HarperCollins, New York, <CitationRef CitationID="CR4">1997</CitationRef>; Frederick and Weber <CitationRef CitationID="CR20">1990</CitationRef>; Kouzes and Posner, The...</citationref></citationref></citationref>

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to describe the practical applications around the “strengths” philosophy that was first pioneered in the USA during the late 1990s and early 2000s. It will give an introduction to the strengths approach and will reference two organizations'...

Effective team management can be the difference between success and failure in business. The article describes the authors' work in various wealth‐producing organisations which led them to produce a new approach to bring about more effective teamwork. The authors developed a type of work model...

Practical means are provided of integrating a new team member into an effective team. To be effective, teams must manage goals, roles, processes and relationships. Goals need to be held in common and be quantifiable. Roles of members need to be clearly stated for the process to be managed. The...

A course is described which combines Action Centred Leadership and Outdoor Activities designed to develop managers in an insurance company. Specific exercises are described, first for building trust between participants and then to expose them to challenging physical activities.

The process of team building may be inhibited by feelings of personal risk and insecurity. The individual needs to feel safe before becoming an effective team member, and contracting can provide this safety. The “contract” is the system of rules defining acceptable behaviour between people,...