Category: Organizational Culture

Lessons in Snow

Late­ly, I’ve begun to think about the cul­ture of orga­ni­za­tions a lit­tle dif­fer­ent­ly than I used to. I once believed a medi­um or large size orga­ni­za­tion striv­ing to induce a major shift in the way things are done would have to do a great deal of ana­lyt­i­cal work, then set up and admin­is­ter rather large,… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lessons in Snow

The Nature of Alignment

The com­mon think­ing about orga­ni­za­tion­al “align­ment” is that some­how if all the struc­tured, ana­lyzed job box­es roll up to accom­plish the largest goals of the orga­ni­za­tion, then the com­pa­ny is said to be “aligned.” This is a ter­ri­bly hier­ar­chi­cal view, one total­ly depen­dent on top-down task assign­ment mythol­o­gy that accounts not at all for the… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Nature of Alignment

Six Questions to Ignite Team Trust

Here they are: 1. What is one thing I can do to get bet­ter feed­back about (a par­tic­u­lar aspect of) my own per­for­mance, my lead­er­ship or my rela­tion­ships with oth­ers? 2. What is one thing I can do to show more vul­ner­a­bilty and ask for help (in a par­tic­u­lar area) where I know I need to grow?… Con­tin­ue read­ing Six Ques­tions to Ignite Team Trust