Organization Performance Partners

In a previous blog I argued the best way to maximize the uptake of competency models/success profiles is to anchor them to business value. A related and general rule I use when building models is the 60/40 Principle. That is, when building enterprise leadership success profiles, I try to build them with capabilities in two categories: Fundamental and Core Value. Fundamental leadership capabilities are relatively generic and applicable to a wide variety of situations. For

Think of any machine that runs smoothly. Every part has a job. Every part depends on the others. Remove one or let one degrade and the whole system is impacted. Organizations work the same way. I think there are nine elements of organization design, and high performance requires all nine to be tight and aligned. 1. External Factors and Business Drivers. Good org design starts outside the business. Before any internal choices are made, leaders need a clear and shared vie

Getting an organization to operate flawlessly is easier said than done. Every leader knows this — and most have experienced the gap between how an organization is supposed to work and how it actually works. Strategies that make sense on paper stall in execution and talented people work hard yet are not fully aligned – and the organization sub-optimizes. What is Organization Design Jay Galbraith’s classic Star Model and textbook definition is: “a structured approach to alignin