TY - JOUR AU1 - Gordon Rabey AB - Purpose – The paper seeks to create an awareness that by adopting the designation of frontline manager the position should now be demonstrating a more significant contribution from merely supervising work to a wider concern for organisational effectiveness and productivity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper considers ways by which benefit and gains might be achieved by greater voluntary input from the workforce, thereby achieving better cost‐cutting results. Findings – The main finding is the realisation of the latent value of natural teams if their involvement is encouraged and recognised. Originality/value – The latent value of natural teams exists and can be encouraged. TI - The potential of the frontline manager JF - Industrial and Commercial Training DO - 10.1108/00197850810868667 DA - 2008-04-18 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/the-potential-of-the-frontline-manager-ZwMW5tvq4G SP - 156 EP - 161 VL - 40 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -