            A popular training activity that explores
                      the role and skills of a manager.
      Are they people or task orientated managers?

Exploring the Manager's
Role and Skills
This activity focuses on the four integral areas an effective manager is skilled in.
It also identifies areas that managers
should NOT practice.

Ideal for recently appointed or longer term managers
to discuss their role and identify the skills
they need to perform it.

This stimulating training material allows participants to:

use consensus seeking skills to identify the role of the manager
recognise the skills required to be a successful manager
identify areas that managers should NOT practice
discover whether they are people or task orientated
identify areas to develop for more effective management
formulate an action plan for their development.

This exercise is used for recruitment and assessing staff before promoting them to managers.

It is also a good icebreaker on a management course, managers' conference or seminar.


How it works - Part 1 The material consists of 74 cards with a statement that might apply to the role and skills of a manager (see some examples to the right). Each team studies the cards and reaches a consensus as to which of the following five headings the card comes under: Group A - Managing Activities Group B - Managing Resources Group C - Managing People Group D - Managing Communication Group E - Inappropriate or Little use This part of the activity provokes a useful discussion on the role and skills of a manager. It enables the trainer to observe managers in action and identify areas for development.

Part 2 Teams then prioritise the cards for groups A to D by choosing the 10 most important cards for each group. Each team's choice can be compared with the other teams to discover which statements are considered to be the most relevant in their role as a manager. Part 3 The trainer issues participants with a questionnaire based on the cards. This enables participants to see their level of people and task orientation. This part helps participants to understand how they should apply their skills according to the situation. It also helps them to focus on their development needs and formulate an action plan.

Exploring the Manager's Role and Skills is a flexible training activity that allows you to examine key competencies required for a manger. It is used in assessment programmes and development courses to test knowledge and skills.

Comments from users of this training activity

“Exploring the Manager's Role and Skills is easy to use and an excellent activity to get managers talking and thinking about their role and skills. It highlighted those who were people managers and those who were more task orientated.”

“This is an ideal training activity. I use it to bring out key points on communication and management issues. I also use it for graduate recruitment. Excellent value for money.”

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Timing: 1 to 2 hours (depending on how many parts of the activity you use).

Numbers: Up to 4 teams with 2 to 6 delegates in a team (24 delegates in total for each business game).

Who: Staff at any level.

PC required: None.

Licence Free: When you buy this training material, there are no restrictions on the number of times you can use it.

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Exploring the Manager's Role and Skills This activity focuses on the four integral areas an effective manager is skilled in. It also identifies areas that managers should NOT practice.

Exploring the Manager's
Role and Skills
This activity focuses on the four integral areas an effective manager is skilled in.
It also identifies areas that managers
should NOT practice.