Category Archives: Alignment
Work culture as a restraining or a driving force in change management
A colleague posted about the importance of effective change management in concert with project management. He lives and works in an country with an authoritarian government. According to Kurt Lewin (1890 – 1947), broadly acknowledged as the founder of organization … Continue reading
Posted in Alignment, Change Management, Cross-Functional Work, Culture Change, Gilmore Crosby, Groupdynamics, Leadership, Matrixed Work, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking
Tagged Authority, Change, change management, Culture, Engagement, Implementation, Leadership, Nuclear, OD, Performance, Systems, Systems Thinking, vision
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Where lies the issue? The individual or the system?
I was recently queried about how to address poor performance by a front line supervisor. Here is my response: Agreed, the issue may lie with the supervisor. In my experience, however, many leap to that, because they don’t know where … Continue reading
Leadership Can Be Learned, Gilmore Crosby’s new book, is out!
The following is excerpted with permission: Introduction Despite all that has been written on the subject, the premise of this book is that leadership is poorly understood because human systems are poorly under- stood. Like the paradigms of old, which … Continue reading
Posted in Alignment, Change Management, Cross-Functional Work, Culture Change, Emotional Intelligence, Friedman, Gilmore Crosby, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Matrixed Work, Organization Development, Safety Culture, Systems Thinking
Tagged Authority, Change, change management, Conflict, Culture Change, Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, EQ, Forming, Friedman, Gandhi, Group Dynamics, Implementation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Lewin, Nuclear, OD, Organization Development, Patton, Performance, Personality Theory, Reptilian Brain, SAT, Supervisory Skills, Systems Thinking, Tuckman, vision, Wallen, whole systems change
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Matrixed Work, Authority & Hierarchy
I recently posted this to an OD group: I wrote this in the middle of the night last night, not specifically as a response to this string, but it is relevant. I was actually stimulated by my search, with the … Continue reading
Generative Power
The following is an excerpt is from Chris Crosby’s upcoming book: Organization Alignment: Authority, Power, and Results Generative Power The intersection between authority, power, and love is where you will find a critical ingredient as to whether your organization is … Continue reading
Addy Clip Three – Goal Alignment
High performance is possible in any organization. In this brief video (1 minute and 41 seconds), the third in a series, our founder describes a process that quickly aligned and engaged an industrial plant that went on to meet and … Continue reading
Authority & Performance: Addy Clip #1
High performance is possible in any system with the right blend of clear authority and engagement. In this brief video (9 minutes and 15 seconds), the first in a series, our founder explores the steps taken that have led to … Continue reading
Posted in Alignment, Change Management, Culture Change, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking, T-Groups
Tagged Authority, Change, change management, crosbyod.com, Culture Change, Emotional Intelligence, employee involvement, Leadership, Leadership. Authority, OD, Organization Development, Robert P Crosby, Systems Thinking, whole systems change
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Organization Alignment
Your business success depends on how well you and your employees interact to ensure that everyone in all departments get what they need, when they need it. This fact is not a problem to solve, rather it is an honor … Continue reading
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