The Margerison-McCann approach

TMS Development International was established in 1989 by Managing Director, Catherine Hick, working with the creators of the Team Management Systems approach, Dr Charles Margerison and Dr Dick McCann.

Science and simplicity

We are dedicated to making it easier for you to achieve your business goals.  We provide human resource professionals with the knowledge, models, tools and support to help individuals and teams release energy and potential.

Where does the energy come from?

No-one forgets what it’s like to be part of a high-energy, high-performing team. With the Team Management Systems approach, we aim to help you and your team find that energy.

A fully integrated suite of tools

Out of decades of research into high performance with international business managers, we have created a range of simple-to-understand and easy-to-share Profiling tools that make up Margerison-McCann Team Management Systems.

This unique suite of single and multi-rater diagnostic tools share a common framework to give you multiple, complementary perspectives on individual performance and high-performance teamworking.

Find out more about the Team Management Systems Suite

About the creators of Team Management Systems

Dr Charles Margerison is a Partner in Team Management Systems, previously Professor of Management at the University of Queensland, Australia, and also at the Cranfield University School of Management, UK. Holding a PhD in Educational Psychology, he is the author and co-author of many leading books and professional articles. His industrial experience includes time as CEO of a publications company and as a consultant to leading corporations.

Dr Dick McCann is a Partner in Team Management Systems, with a background in science, engineering, finance and organisational behaviour. Earlier in his career he spent five years with the BP company in London. Holding a PhD in engineering, he is the author and co-author of many leading books and articles on teamwork. He is currently Managing Director of TMS Australia, a Director of TMS Development International and President of Team Management Systems Inc.

Catherine Hick is a graduate of Manchester and Liverpool Universities where she studied modern languages and Latin American Studies. She taught English in Portugal and Iran and lived in Sweden before moving into educational and business publishing with Longman and MCB University Press. In 1989 she co-founded TMS Development International with Charles Margerison and Dick McCann to make the TMS suite of Profiles available in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.