Two decades of research shows that an organization's culture is the key factor in its performance. The accelerating pace of change, new technologies, customer demands, e-commerce, workforce demographics, business model challenges, fierce competition, shareholder expectations, shrinking cycle times, shifting work ethics, and the like, are pulling organizations in many directions. Now, more than ever, organizations need the bonding glue of a strong culture to hold everything and everyone together.
High performing organizations bring together the intangible leadership issues that define their unique character and rally people around a deeper sense of purpose. These powerful feelings are made tangible through the strong implementation of management processes and systems that translate ideals into action.
Course Content
- The six elements to high performance cultures
- Focus and Context
- Strategy and Direction
- Internal Partnering
- Measures and Rewards
- Processes and Systems
- Learning and Development
- Research on high performing cultures
- Taking care of employees – do this before expecting anything else
- The vision – defining the culture you really want
- Leadership competencies needed – IQ or EQ
- Finding the right balance for change and improvements
- The 7 steps for changing a culture
- Building the improvement plan
Who Should Attend
This program is meant for all leaders and particularly those that wish to bridge the gap between suspecting and actually knowing how to create the right environment and culture within an organization.
Length of Program
This program is delivered as a one or two day ‘workshop’ depending on the needs of the client. There is a keynote presentation for this topic as well.
Presenter
Jim has spent over two decades helping thousands of managers in hundreds of organizations build high-performance teams and cultures. As co-founder of The Achieve Group, Jim Clemmer worked with California-based Zenger Miller and Tom Peters to help executive teams implement a cultural change process called Toward Excellence. Jim's first book, The VIP Strategy, was built around Achieve's "Vision Integrated Performance" model for cultural change and leadership development. His second book, Firing on All Cylinders, built upon Achieve and Zenger Miller's highly successful experiences in helping organizations develop the skills, processes, and culture to reach higher levels of service and quality.
