“OD is about holistically improving organization effectiveness.” “Diagnose before Prescribing”, and “Perform Due Diligence by doing the work yourself”. (Renee Hansen). “Executive Sponsorship is an absolute!”  “Work on getting metrics defined up front” (Dr. Rita Smith). “Systems thinking, Systems thinking, Systems thinking”.  Leading by asking Powerful Questions, and creating the ability to lead people in […]

1. Trusting environment leads to discretionary effort.   It’s more of a feeling than anything.  In battlefields, trust is the ethos of a winning army. You have my back, and I have yours.  With human beings, the helping relationship is key to building trust, as Dr. Egar Schien points out, and reciprocation is a most powerful […]