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Organizations are Terrible at Communicating Expectations and Standards
John Perry, the founder of Human Productivity Systems sat down for an interview with Jolly Good Media to talk about his various projects and his own impressive story. In this part John talks about job security and how organizations are often bad at communicating expectations and standards. To see the full interview in all seven parts…
Read MoreHow are You Creating Better Tomorrows?
Since leaving NASA in 1981, I have spent considerable time trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up … if I ever do. During those periods of reflection, my mission, both personal and professional, became “helping people create better tomorrows.” Once I settled on that, I had to determine what steps must be taken to accomplish that mission. After…
Read MoreOrganizational Values: Beliefs Become Behavior
To achieve long-term success, organizations must focus the appropriate amount of attention on Mission, Vision, and Values, my simple definitions of which are:
Read MoreDiagnosis: The First Step in Organization Development
We sometimes engage in organization development (OD) activities before we know what is causing us to believe that we need to make the organization better. We tend to be more comfortable trying to identify and remove the symptoms rather than the causes of any barriers to excellence.
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