Diagnosing Organization Effectiveness

October 21, 2014
by Paul Bertrand

So you read the many articles on engagement, leadership, retention, or even strategic planning, which only leaves you guessing on what area you should start focusing on. You’ve probably, like many, seen the data through different surveys telling us of the odds of your organization failing if changes are not done.

What if I told you it’s no longer a guessing game.  Through recent research and findings, senior management and heads of HR can evaluate their organizations utilizing a new tool.  It begins with surveying the key to the puzzle, your management.  That's right, not the employees, who most often want to do well, surrounded by weak infrastructure, lack of understanding of accountability, feeble plans, and unfortunately to often the sacrificed lamb to the problem.

The above blueprint from Queens University, shared with me by Brenda Parker 10 years ago, is something that I have always kept in my briefcase.  It has helped me share the visual of the key elements.  It has recently become even more important recently in my consulting, due to the findings done by Effective Managers™ and the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. 

We now have a solution that helps measure the components of your organization.  Through benchmarks, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, you can have a clearer picture of what is the root cause.  No guessing.  Facts that can help you determine if you should be alarmed by those articles highlighting areas such as disengagement, turnover or ineffectiveness.

Is that not your goal?  To improve the effectiveness of your organization above those of the  competition and improving the bottom-line? If so, contact Canadian People Management to learn more on how you can be leading your industry, your organization, your team, to greater results. 

 

Paul Bertrand is founder of Canadian People Management Inc. which is based out of Pickering, Ontario. His company specializes in organizational effectiveness development through solutions tailored to strengthen his client’s cultures, leadership and teams.

www.cpeoplemi.com