Group Analytic Training for Management Trainers

Abstract

In recent years, a number of management trainers and consultants have been investigating group analysis, suspecting a link between management development and group psychotherapy. Their discoveries about the way people learn and change in groups have not been adequately discussed in management training and development circles, and the possibility of using group analytic techniques in training management trainers and consultants has received scant attention.1 This article sets out the value of group analytic training to management trainers and consultants. It argues that group analysis can help them to understand the psychodynamics of groups and organizations; furthermore, it can help them to understand and work with the emotions of management learning, as well as enhancing their skills in working with groups.