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6 Steps To A More Mindful Company Culture

6 Steps To A More Mindful Company Culture | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

"'Mindful' is not a word typically associated with business--but it should be. A mindful corporate culture will value substance over style, and stress single-minded focus over multi-tasking."

 

6 steps:

    Avoid blinders.

    Focus on now.

    Be accurate.

    Be tolerant.

    Minimize suffering.

    Communicate openly and truthfully.

 

Read to get the details!

 

 


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What Inspires Creativity in the Workplace?

What Inspires Creativity in the Workplace? | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

Harvard Business School's Teresa Amabile discusses what makes people more creative on some days than other days.


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The Power of Conversational Leadership — HBS Working Knowledge

The Power of Conversational Leadership — HBS Working Knowledge | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

"In many cases you have an executive team that's so sure about company strategy, but then you go inside the organization and find that nobody else has a clue,"


A strategic conversation based on 4 elements:

Intimacy is about leadership. Interactivity is about channels. Inclusion is about content. Intentionality is about goals, vision, and the strategy of getting things done.


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Three Solid Reasons for Leadership Development

Three Solid Reasons for Leadership Development | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Why is the process of finding a leader–whether to backfill someone or to fill a new role–often treated as an isolated event rather than an ongoing process? With the cost per hire only rising, why do so few organizations have a ...
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Do organizations' futures lie in the disruptive capabilities of individual employees?

Do organizations' futures lie in the disruptive capabilities of individual employees? | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

What if what we are doing is in fact showing people (our colleagues, our friends, our customers, our partners) that there is a better way to work, to build businesses with a purpose & to make a difference through their work?

 

What if the bigger impact is not so much in the abstract concept of organizations but in the atom unit of each individual?


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The Olympics of Business by David McNally

The Olympics of Business by David McNally | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

The Olympics are a metaphor for understanding what is happening throughout the world in terms of the global economy. Just as there are more nations participating in the Olympic Games today than at any time in history, more nations than ever are investing heavily in their infrastructures and economies so that their products and services can compete in the great game of business.


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How Language Shapes Your Organization

How Language Shapes Your Organization | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Cultural permission is the tone, attitude and language that emanates from the executive suite. It is a mantra, expressed in oft-used catch phrases and philosophies that move like waves through the organization.

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7 Big Ideas for Your Business Toolbox

7 Big Ideas for Your Business Toolbox | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

Your small business toolbox needs to be well equipped, if your business is to remain competitive, and survive and prosper further into the 21st century.

 

The tools you may have relied on in the past may still work for you, but in addition to these tools there now exist many key tools that if you have not already embrace them, you should now seriously consider doing so.

 

This good short article, lists seven components of a good small business toolbox that effectively deployed, will help you improve your business outcomes.


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Leaders hold the key to a more ethical business culture

Leaders hold the key to a more ethical business culture | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Business leaders who want to root out unethical practices need to start at the very top of their organization, experts say. People find it easier to rationalize their unethical behavior when leaders have failed to communicate values and consequences.

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Stop Giving Feedback, Instead Give Feedforward - Forbes

Stop Giving Feedback, Instead Give Feedforward - Forbes | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Previously I wrote an article on the evils of traditional, annual performance appraisals.
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Cross-Cultural Leadership: How to Create People Alignment (Part 2)

Cross-Cultural Leadership: How to Create People Alignment (Part 2) | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
In Part 1 of this series I wrote about the importance of people alignment as a crucial competence for today’s leaders. Especially in a globalized world, where cross-cultural and multinational chall...

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The 6 Group Dynamics Of High-Performing Teams

The 6 Group Dynamics Of High-Performing Teams | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
In an age where all of us are communicating more and more through electronic devices instead of actual conversation, teamwork suffers.

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Development and Training – Same, Same: Maybe Not?

Development and Training – Same, Same: Maybe Not? | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Are learning, training and development the same thing? The short answer is no, however training is one avenue to learning and development. Why does defining the difference matter – aren&#8217... (Development and Training - Same, Same: Maybe Not?
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It's Not The CEO, It's The Leadership Strategy That Matters. - Forbes

It's Not The CEO, It's The Leadership Strategy That Matters. - Forbes | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Let's face it.  CEOs come and go. But leadership, if developed in a comprehensive way, endures.
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Business Results of Spiritual Leadership

Business Results of Spiritual Leadership | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

You may not have noticed, but there are some significant consequences of spiritual leadership when the leader shifts focus from self to others. A new ethic emerges.

 

When this shift happens, people don’t work, less but they do work differently.


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How To Think Like Generation Why

How To Think Like Generation Why | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

"Why would you want to learn to think like a Millennial? Perhaps because you don't understand your children?"

 

6 great suggestions on thinking, including:

 

1) Quickly.
2) Creatively.
3) Transparently.
4) Optimistically.
5) Inclusively.
6) Equality.


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Appreciative Inquiry (Cooperrider) - Leadership

Appreciative Inquiry (Cooperrider) - Leadership | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Appreciate Inquiry is all about the reverse process and here the emphasis is on positive change. The process examines what brings out the best in people.

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Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent?

Time off to innovate: Good idea or a waste of tech talent? | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Savvy IT departments that set aside time for employee creativity say they gain happier workers, more satisfied customers and sometimes even revenue.

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HR Pipeline: 4 Reasons to Invest in Leadership Development - CCL e-Newsletter July 2012

HR Pipeline: 4 Reasons to Invest in Leadership Development - CCL e-Newsletter July 2012 | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Organizations that invest in leadership development perform better than those that don't.
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Why the Workplace Needs Positive Psychology

Why the Workplace Needs Positive Psychology | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
John manages a team that makes sales over the phone.

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The Death of the Resume: Five Ways To Re-Imagine Recruiting - Forbes

ForbesThe Death of the Resume: Five Ways To Re-Imagine RecruitingForbesToday, most companies have managed to integrate social media into their recruiting function. A recent survey conducted by recruiting platform Jobvite found that 92 percent of U.S.

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Keep Experts on Tap, Not on Top

Keep Experts on Tap, Not on Top | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Among the many qualities that distinguish successful leaders from millions of less-successful executives in the world is an awareness of the limits of their knowledge.

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Hackett Study: Business Clients Highly Dissatisfied with HR

Hackett Study: Business Clients Highly Dissatisfied with HR | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

Years of across-the-board cuts during the recession and its aftermath have left companies’ business-services departments–such as IT, finance and procurement–badly weakened in terms of talent and skills, says the latest “HR Book of Numbers” report from the Hackett Group. 

 

The report finds that the department leaders say they’re getting talent-management support from HR less than 35 percent of the time, on average, while the percentage of companies saying HR provides them with a full range of services is at 12 percent or less.


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Crowdsourcing in Your Classroom | Thoughtful Learning

Crowdsourcing in Your Classroom | Thoughtful Learning | Organisation Development | Scoop.it

By Smith

 

"How can you shift your classroom away from lecture and toward inquiry? You can get help from the modern phenomenon known as crowdsourcing—the practice of putting many minds to work on a single problem. Inquiry is, in effect, crowdsourcing in your classroom.

 

"The following four concepts from crowdsourcing can help you use more inquiry in your classroom."


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5 Employee Retention Strategies for a High Performance Environment

5 Employee Retention Strategies for a High Performance Environment | Organisation Development | Scoop.it
Retention issues are ignored until the company suspects an employee might bail, at which point it's addressed by offering the employee some kind of enticement to stay, and then it's back to business as usual.
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