From sheep-dip to strategic intent - Organisations will have to take management development seriously if they want to survive and prosper. In this article, we examine the work being done by the Council for Excellence in Management to raise the status and quality of managerial learning. We also talk to Dr Ian Cunningham, an expert in learning at work who provides individual mentoring and coaching of managers, directors and chief executives. And we feature a case study of Siemens, the global electrical engineering and electronics company