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The hidden value of organizational health--and how to capture it
Organizational Health
According to a decade long research, the health of an organization is based on alignment with a robust strategy, deep-rooted culture, and a clarity of vision.
The health of an organization can also be defined as the capacity or ability to deliver superior financial and operating performance.
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Diversity & Inclusion
There is a significant relationship between competitive profit gains and diversity.
Companies with gender, ethnic and racial diversity are at least 15 percent more likely to experience...
5 Lessons for Managing D&I
- Recognize the Shift in Global Understanding of D&I. Diverse thinkers come from a variety of different backgrounds.
- Build an Inclusive Environment. All people are encouraged to draw upon their unique experiences, perspectives and backgrounds to advance business goals.
- Use Multiple Practices and Measures. Have solutions in place to monitor and retain a talented and diverse workforce.
- Ensure Leaders Model Diversity and Inclusion. It sets the tone for the rest of the organization to follow suit.
Recognize the Connection Between Innovation and D&I. Diversity and inclusion increase innovation and reduce business risk.
Cognitive Diversity
The concept of cognitive diversity focuses on diversity of thinking and is composed of four dimensions:
- Perspectives. People represent situations in different ways
- Interpretations. Through diverse interpretations, teams can discover multiple resolutions.
- Heuristics. People resolve issues in different ways.
- Predictive models. Some analyze, and others look for a story. Both are useful for discovering workplace solutions.
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About change
Organizations don’t change. People change. Many companies move to change systems and structures and create new policies and processes but fail to address the underlying mind-sets and capabilities of the people who will execute it.
A new strategy will fall short of its potential if they fail to address the mental attitude because people on the ground tend to continue to behave as they did before.
Looking both ways
Companies that only look outward in the process of organizational change, and dismiss individual learning and adaptation make two common mistakes:
- They focus solely on business outcomes and fail to appreciate that people will have to adapt to implement it.
- They focus too much on developing skills.
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Setting employee expectations
Setting clear employee expectations can benefit your business. Management must co...
Employer/Employee expectations
Employee expectations to maintain:
- Displaying a positive and respectful attitude
- Working with honesty and integrity
- Performing their work to a reasonable standard
Employees expectations;
- Proper training, support and leadership from management and access to resources
- Timely and accurate payment of wages
- Safe working environments
- Explanation of responsibilities, company policies and procedures
- Regular feedback from supervisors or managers.
Team expectations
Team expectations refer to the behaviors that occur while working together on tasks.
- Respect and courtesy to everyone.
- Be accountable for your work.
- Be reasonably flexible about task assignments.
- Be willing to lend a helping hand.
- Ask for help when needed.
- Work safely together.
- Be open to constructive feedback.
- Be self-motivated and reliable.
- Share ideas for improvement.
- Be cheerful, positive and encouraging to other team members.