Management Drives

Management Drives is a technology-enabled consulting framework that provides deep insight into what motivates individuals, teams, and organisations. After all, organisations themselves do not create value — people do. Research consistently shows that individuals are wired differently, and by applying clear, practical insights into how we interact, lead, and manage, we can significantly improve the results we achieve together.

Management Drives enhances organisational performance by strengthening the effectiveness of the people within it. It offers a distinctive yet easy-to-understand perspective on individuals, teams, and organisational dynamics. By identifying recurring patterns of thinking and behaviour, Management Drives reveals what truly drives performance. These patterns are measured through core motivational drivers, which influence how individuals and teams function. Drives shape behaviour, predict responses, and explain why people choose to act — or not to act.

Please see our brochure here for more details about Management Drives. To learn more about the theory and research behind Management Drives, visit www.managementdrives.com.

How is Management Drives Used?
For over 20 years, Management Drives has been used successfully with Boards, Leadership teams and Employees to achieve a variety of outcomes within organisations. Some of these are;
1) Enhancing self-awareness and individual performance
2) Improving Individual and team leadership
3) Managing culture
4) Managing organisational change
5) Managing project start-ups
6) Creating and fostering self-managed teams.

In our work with global leaders across different cultures and industry sectors, using Management Drives has helped us support them to become more self-aware, achieve team synergy and enhance organisational productivity. Management Drives is currently the market leader in the Netherlands. It is also used widely across Europe.

The Management Drives App
Management Drives offers users an App which makes access to individual and team profiles possible in real time and enhances the user experience. The profiles can be viewed using phones, iPads or any other handheld device.

Becoming a Management Drives Partner
To become an Management Drives partner, you will need to complete a certification programme. Human resource practitioners, coaches, internal and external consultants will benefit from becoming Management Drives certified. Acquiring the Management Drives certification will improve professional practice, enhance career prospects and lead to greater workplace impact.

Whether you’re new to behavioural tools or an experienced practitioner, there is a certification pathway designed for you. Whichever path you choose, the course is designed to help you work with individuals, teams and organisations using Management Drives framework either as a consultant, coach or adviser. It consists of two modules delivered over three or five days. These are the Individual Profiles (IP) course and the Groups, Teams and Organisations (GTO) course.

There is a comprehensive 5-Day Practitioner Certification for newcomers to behavioural diagnostics, and an accelerated 3-Day Conversion Certification for professionals already qualified in tools such as DISC, MBTI or Insights. Both routes lead to the same internationally recognised certification, giving you the capability, confidence and licence to use Management Drives in coaching, leadership development, recruitment, consulting and team development.

Choose the pathway that fits your experience — and start transforming how you understand motivation and behaviour.

Management Drives Experience

Still want to find out more? Join our monthly live online Management Drives Experience, hosted via Zoom. We explore what motivates their people, build high-trust environments and strengthen collaboration and introduce Management Drives as a powerful approach to unlocking that potential. Visit our Management Drives Experience page for more information on these sessions and reserve your place.