Build A Winning Organization

“One thing is almost certain: in the future, there will be not one kind of corporation but several different ones.”

PETER DRUCKER

Will the Corporation Survive?

The Economist, November 2001

The Future is Now

The world has evolved substantially since the industrial revolution, yet most organizations are still built on the principles defined by Henry Ford and applied by great manufacturing companies of the 20th Century. 

Are you operating with outdated assumptions about people and work?

Today most companies operate in a context of instant global connectivity, constant and permanent change, and fewer boundaries between traditional aspects of daily life. 

Is your organization built to thrive in that type of setting?

Customers come in all shapes and sizes and your organization should be purpose-built to serve them best. 

Is your organization thoughtfully adapted to the unique characteristics of your customers?  

Through our decades of organization development experience, we know that the essential elements of a Winning Organization are Culture, Leadership, Talent, and Communication. 

We use a proprietary assessment process to check for effectiveness and alignment in these essential elements; and help you optimize your company to match its unique combination of context, customer demands, and company objectives.  

What makes a strong culture? What even is a culture? It is often described in squishy terms and vague phrases like, "It's what you do when nobody is looking." 

That might be true, but how do you go about building one? 

Culture is a craft. A craft is both a vessel to carry something (like a boat) and a skillful, hands-on

practice (like ceramics) that produces an object that has a function. As a vessel, culture is a set of

values, behaviors, rituals, and artifacts that carry a company to its goals. As a practice, culture is

both an art and a science involving deep expertise in human behavior and a resonant appreciation

of human aesthetics.

 A strong culture is aligned around one or two values and a weak culture is one that is diluted across several values. From a functional perspective culture can and should be crafted to support a focus to guide members to collective action. 

Download our Culture Design Guide or reach out to learn more about designing and building a functional culture.