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Organisational Development
An organisation’s culture is the principal driver of performance
related behaviours throughout the organisation. This culture can be measured,
described and changed, but most organisations don’t recognise the
relationship between systems and behaviour and unwittingly reinforce behaviours
more associated with personal defence than achieving excellence.
Consultants don’t create change – the people within
the organisation do. The people who know best what needs to change
are the people inside the organisation, they just simply have never been
asked – or if they have they haven’t been given a process
to help them think it through.
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Leadership
Development
Leadership is the key driver of culture. Leaders impact others. Leaders
create the environment within which others operate. People behave
in a way that reflects the impact of their leader. When people receive
feedback through a measurement tool that is clearly well researched,
is reliable and valid, and provides the framework for improvement,
awareness, acceptance and action can and does occur, leading to lasting
change and improvements in leadership styles and strategies.
Management Development
The key to effective management lies in the ability to achieve results
through others. This requires a particularly constructive balance
of both task-related and people management skills.
As with Leadership Development, when people receive feedback that
they can trust through tools they respect, then such feedback is acted
upon.
Team Development
A team functions best when the individuals within the team behave
constructively. Most teams exist to solve problems that impact on
the various members of the team, but are very poor at problem solving,
allowing interpersonal issues to cloud the objective, with personalities
prevailing rather than rational analysis.
If a team can measure its performance and link this to the behaviours
that prevail within the team, then improvement needs can be identified
and action taken. Individual
Development
Unless critical aspects of human behaviour can be defined and described
precisely, the odds are they can’t be changed. Simply describing
behaviour however, is not enough – genuine change is brought
about through identifying the causes of behaviour and providing a
framework for self-development. Achievement Thinking provides a framework
through which an individual can build a stronger sense of personal
direction and intrinsic motivation – setting goals and striving
for personal standards of excellence. People learn best when they
have the opportunity to learn through enquiry and discovery.
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