Using Culture Champions to Implement and Sustain Culture Change You have done the work to identify what changes to your strategy and culture your organization needs to meet your strategic goals; now you are faced with how to get there. My experience with strategy and culture alignment has shown that one of…
Options for Supporting Leaders Who Have Received Feedback An organization’s goal should be to provide the most helpful, personalized guidance possible, given the practical limits of time and budget. To ensure that leaders get value from feedback (and turn it into action), most organizations provide professional guidance when delivering feedback reports to leaders.…
Coaching Leaders by Asking Questions The best coaches lead by asking questions, engaging executives in the feedback, and driving to specific plans for improvement. Feedback results in development only if the leader a) understands the feedback, b) appreciates its importance, c) identifies specific actions that will lead to improvement, d) makes a commitment…
Small Steps to Build Trust Leave Big Footprints in the Workforce by Mastering These Small Steps What do Augustus Caesar, George Washington, Gandhi, and Jack Welch have in common? All of these great leaders mastered the small steps of building trust among their superiors, peers, and followers. Trust is what drove their greatness,…
Don’t Build Your Company Culture – Manage It! If you have an interest in Organizational Development and related topics, you’ve probably noticed an uptick in articles on “How to build a great company culture in # simple steps!”. The promise is that by following those steps, you’ll make your organization’s culture…
What is culture? When you think of organizational culture, what comes to mind? Most people respond to this question by stating that culture is “the vibe around the office” or “how people treat each other”. Some talk about pizza parties and vacation policy, and still others try to be specific by…
Why Leaders Need 360 Feedback 360 degree assessment, a formal, structured process for soliciting feedback from coworkers, has grown in popularity throughout the U.S. and abroad. The process provides valuable insight that individuals typically cannot gain from informal conversation with coworkers. Compared to information feedback, 360 feedback offers the following advantages: More Openness…
Goals are the mountains that you say you are going to climb. They are not small tasks, nor do they encompass all work that you will do. Setting Useful Goals In this time of spectacular organizational collapses, caused by leadership failures in organizations such as MCI, Enron, and HealthSouth, organizations need their leaders…