FAQ - Leadership and Management
What makes MPS Leadership Development unique?
The core of MPS Leadership Development lies in management coaching. In leadership development solutions MPS draws on its profound coaching competence – MPS has the largest number of certified coaches in Finland.
Furthermore, MPS takes advantage of its profound understanding of work behavior by means of personality and leadership assessments as well as research services. MPS’ approach for leadership and management development is based on business knowledge which ensures that development projects are bound to strategic goals and competencies as well as to values and management cultures.
Leadership development at MPS is customer-oriented at all times: the methods we apply are always tailored to meet the demands of our customers’ needs and operational environment.
Why is developing management team work in the focus of interest at present?
The importance of the efficiency and quality of management team work is increasingly getting emphasized as present business environment challenges and demanding business target goals are sought to be met.
Since management team work is time-consuming, expectations for functional operations are high from the organizational standpoint as well as of the individual management team members.
What distinguishes a well-functioning management team?
Every organization and management team has an individual aspired management team role which varies according to the company’s strategic circumstances. The management team consists of general managers, different specialists and leaders, all having their own manners and personalities. A well-functioning management team takes advantage of vast individual competencies with the purpose of benefiting a greater entity.
A management team that focuses on the organization’s good shares common views concerning goals and visions for the future as well as a strong sense of solidarity. A management team displays innovation, openness and great trust among its members – yet welcoming and expecting constructive questioning. Members of a well-functioning management team push and inspire each other and share a common concept of time, effective decision making and decision executing.
How is management team development implemented in practice?
Because management team work development is implemented from a business perspective, the needs for management team development are always determined by the organisation’s specific business objectives.
A management team work development project can be launched by means of research through estimating the management team work space and development needs or by using Management Audit services. Management Audit offers you viewpoints on how to make the most of different operating approaches, strengths and competencies in management team work and business management.
Management Team Work Development workshops help support management teams in preparing development plans and in the follow-up of their implementations. Additionally, individual and group coaching are valuable and well-proven methods, whether applied separately or combined with other development procedures.
What organizational research services does MPS provide and why?
MPS has numerous research tools to support organizational, leadership and HR management development. These research tools help in evaluating the organization’s present status and in discovering its strengths and development areas e.g. concerning board and management team work as well as employee well-being at work.
Standard MPS Organizational Research services include:
• Board Competence Development
• Management Team Development
• Leadership Development (MPS 360º Development Analysis)
• Measuring employee satisfaction and well-being at work (Climate and Well-being Surveys)
• Compensation development
• Value mapping
In addition to these standard surveys, MPS provides tailored research services to meet the client organization’s needs. The surveys can be carried out online over the Internet or by traditional paper-and-pencil methods, depending on the requirements of the client organization.
What can be discovered through organizational research?
The final report of each survey summarizes the essential research contents and the strengths and development areas of the organization. These serve as ground for creating suggestions for concrete measures which aim to develop the organization’s operations.
In addition to the summary, the final report includes the specific questions of each studied matter as well as the answers to the open questions. Survey results can also be reported in relation to background variables such as unit, working hours and position – yet always ensuring respondent anonymity.
Repeated measurements carried out at regular intervals make it possible for the organization to monitor e.g. the development of employee well-being at work.