Over the last few weeks, I have many clients asking ‘What should I do?’.
The question come in various forms such as:
- ‘We have been meeting our financial goals over the last few years. But how do we create a long-term, sustainable high-performing culture as we expand beyond this region?’
- ‘What do we do next after we merged/reorganization exercise?’
- ‘Should I do employee engagement survey? Should we have team building? Should I send my leaders for training?’
The key to many of these questions lay in first, do we know ‘Where is the organization going’, and ‘What does the organization willing to GIVE, to get to where it want to be’.
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where–” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)
‘If you don’t know where you are going, it does not matter which path you take.’ Similarly, if we don’t know where it organization is going, it does not matter what action plans we take. But, there will be ‘cost’ to journey as such….
Following please find links to ‘creating sustainable and effective organization’ . http://www.right.com/thought-leadership/research/organizational-effectiveness-discovering-how-to-make-it-happen.pdf
