Blogs
Amazing People of Sydney Event Wrap Up
Dr Charles Margerison, Co-Author, Team Management Systems recently hosted Amazing People of Sydney breakfast. In celebration of Australia Day, Dr Margerison provides a recap of the event.
Good things come in 3s

Sarah’s post from last month inspired me to run an exercise in a TMP debrief session recently.
Working with a group of senior leaders within a leadership development programme, we had plenty of fun and generated a lot of constructive discussion by using a variation of the Speed Dating exercise that Sarah described.
Under the Pump?

Have ever felt like the person in this image? If your head is on your desk and your workload is growing as you read this, there is one thing you need to try. We call it ‘Maintaining’.
FC Business Solutions takes TMS to the next level

FC Business Solutions is a highly experienced and vibrant TMS client in Melbourne who is always looking at how they can take TMS to the next level. Their most recent exploration was into the Team Performance Profile (TPP). And what better way to explore this than to experience the process themselves!
Training Tip: Spinning Around the Wheel

How often do you place yourself into someone else’s shoes?
At TMS, we know this is not easy…but it is possible. And helpful!
Those of you who have received a Team Management Profile (TMP) will know that it all starts with self-awareness. Having a simple and practical language to explain how we see the world makes a difference too.
Amazing People of Sydney - A Few Words from Charles Margerison

G'day!
How did Governor Phillip lead his team and manage the convicts to develop the foundations of Sydney, New South Wales and our great country of Australia? In 1788, he took on the role as our first Governor. It is an outstanding story of leadership and teamwork that I have written about in a book called Amazing People of Sydney. It provides proud and personal stories of those who have developed our country.
Raspberries
I attended a very inspiring talk by Karen Schmidt of Let's Grow!
Karen is a motivational speaker who made the observation that a negative person in the office is like that one bad raspberry in the punnet.
They infect the others around them, slowly but surely, until all the raspberries in the punnet have gone off.
Timing is Everything in Workshops
Timing can make the difference between a great workshop and a grating workshop.
You may be the best facilitator there is however, if you have told participants that they will be finished by 5pm and you’re still talking at 5.15pm then there may be a problem.
This situation can arise without you realising it and the good thing is that there are some simple tricks to have up your sleeve to ensure it doesn’t happen to you.
You may be the best facilitator there is however, if you have told participants that they will be finished by 5pm and you’re still talking at 5.15pm then there may be a problem.
This situation can arise without you realising it and the good thing is that there are some simple tricks to have up your sleeve to ensure it doesn’t happen to you.
State Library of Victoria Keeps TMS on the Agenda

Every now and again we run sessions for our valued clients to help them revisit their Team Management Profiles and discover new ways to apply it to their everyday work.
