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Team Managment System - Work Preferences

Understanding work preferences is a critical component in developing individual, team, and organizational performance. The Team Management Profile Questionnaire is a 60-item assessment focused on enhancing understanding of an individual's approach to work.

Based on the responses to the profile questionnaire, the personal Team Management Profile provides constructive, work-based information outlining an individual's work preferences, based on the Margerison-McCann Team Management Wheel, and the strengths that an individual brings to a team.

Margerison-McCann Team Management Wheel

Margerison-McCann Team Management Wheel

The personal Team Management Profile highlights an individual's major and two related areas of work preferences on the Margerison-McCann Team Management Wheel.

  • Reporter-Adviser - Supporter, helper, tolerant; A collector of information; Dislikes being rushed; Knowledgeable; Flexible
  • Creator-Innovator - Imaginative; Future-oriented; Enjoys complexity; Creative; Likes research work
  • Explorer-Promoter - Persuader, "seller"; Likes varied, exciting, stimulating work; Easily bored; Influential and outgoing
  • Assessor-Developer - Analytical and objective; Developer of ideas; Enjoys prototype or project work; Experimenter
  • Thruster-Organizer - Organizes and implements; Quick to decide; Results-oriented; Sets up systems; Analytical
  • Concluder-Producer - Practical; Production-oriented; Likes schedules and plans; Pride in reproducing goods and services; Values effectiveness and efficiency
  • Controller-Inspector - Strong on control; Detail-oriented; Low need for people contact; An inspector of standards and procedures
  • Upholder-Maintainer - Conservative, loyal, supportive; Personal values important; Strong sense of right and wrong; Work motivation based on purpose

With 208 Profile combinations, the Team Management Profile is possibly the most comprehensive personal Profile available today.

The personal Team Management Profile highlights an individual's major and related areas of work preferences, including information focused on:

  • Individual and leadership strengths
  • Decision-making
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Teambuilding

... essential information for developing individuals and teams.

The Team Management Profile is used worldwide by leading companies in diverse applications, including:

  • Team development
  • Leadership development
  • Talent management
  • Quality initiatives
  • Management training
  • Performance review
  • Career development
  • Diversity training
  • Organizational development
 
 
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Emotional intelligence involves a set of skills that defines how effectively you perceive, understand, reason with and manage your own and others' feelings. At work, Emotional Intelligence underpins how well employees get along as emotions are an inherent part of workplace activities at all levels.

Emotions matter at work as Emotions affect the way people think and make decisions. For example they are not hiring a candidate because "Something just didn't feel right", or trying a different approach when dealing with a disgruntled customer or planning how to help an under-performing team member succeed.

Emotions also influence how people behave and interact at work, contributing to the tone of voice, body language, facial expressions.

So you can benefit from developing workplace Emotional Intelligence as Emotional Intelligence makes a difference in the workplace. For example, more effective leaders communicate how they feel to inspire amd generate confidence from others, high performing sales professionals think more about how their customers feel to strengthen their selling relationships, cohesive teams are more aware of how emotions help and hinder the team's performance.