Over the last several weeks we have been reviewing and expanding on the elements of a great team in our Thursday blog. At the same time, our Monday blog has…
Over the last several weeks we have been reviewing and expanding on the elements of a great team in our Thursday blog. At the same time, our Monday blog has…
Consistency The last quadrant of the Denison Culture survey is Consistency, “Does your system create leverage?” We first introduced the mechanical image of leverage when we introduced the “fulcrum” of…
Consistency The last quadrant of the Denison Culture survey is Consistency, “Does your system create leverage?” We first introduced the mechanical image of leverage when we introduced the “fulcrum” of…
This final section on Consistency, Coordination and Integration, clearly speaks to agreement across the company. Survey Items You’ll quickly see in the individual questions the focus on cross-company alignment different…
Merry Christmas! We’re taking the week off for the Christmas holiday and hope that you are able to also. We’ll see you in the new year with our next blog…
Agreement that leads to commitment is a long, arduous process. It requires building great teams that listen to each other, respect each other and use a great process to reach…
In just about every company I’ve worked with over the last 30 years, their values were printed somewhere. Some times they’re in the employee handbook or other printed document but…
Our final quadrant is “Consistency”. The subtitle here is “Does the system create leverage?” Without Consistency It might be easier to think about this quadrant in the negative. What causes…
Adaptability and Involvement Adaptability and Involvement are the two quadrants that make up the left side of the Denison Culture Chart. This side of the chart identifies “Flexible” cultures. Cultures…
Empowerment, Team Orientation, and Capability Development. These are the three areas that make up the Involvement Quadrant. For the most part, each of these three areas requires the right attitude…
When I see low scores in the area of Capability Development, they seem to be driven by a couple of issues: Leadership View The leader and corporation almost always feel…
The Team Orientation of Involvement contains several wonderful elements. Cooperation is Encouraged People are not isolated pieces Teamwork is used over Hierarchy People see the relationship between their work and…
Empowerment vs. Delegation Last week my blog post spoke of Empowerment in great cultures. I need to take a short side trip here to talk about the differences between the…
Organizations with highly empowered employees have a couple of things in common: Processes Pushed Downward The first common point is that processes are pushed down the hierarchy to the lowest…