Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professorof psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Centerat Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Awardin 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication. Maria Åkerlund is CEO of GDQ Associates AB, the current owner of the GroupDevelopment Questionnaire created by Susan Wheelan. She is a licensed psychologistand has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologist for 30 years, consultingwith leaders, managers, employees, and teams in private companies as well asorganizations in the public sector in Sweden. She is one of the authors of the booksTeamutveckling i Teori och Praktik (Team Development in Theory and Practice) andTeams in the Spotlight.Christian Jacobsson is head of research at GDQ Associates AB and associate professorin the Department of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is alicensed psychologist and has worked as an industrial and organizational psychologistfor about 35 years and been involved in many large-scale team development projects asa project leader. Christian mainly conducts research on leadership and team developmentand has published about 60 articles, conference proceedings, or books on thesetopics. He is one of the authors of the books Teamutveckling i Teori och Praktik (Team Development in Theory and Practice) and Teams in the Spotlight.
