This Episode: Practical Organisational Development
Lucinda discusses Practical Organisational Development (OD) and its connection to high performance. She focusses upon the definition of OD, emphasising its role in enabling sustained organisational performance through the involvement of people.
Lucinda also outlines key topics related to OD, such as organisational structure, talent management, and culture change, and introduces a five-step process for implementing OD interventions.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- OD is a planned and systematic approach to enhancing sustained organisational performance through the involvement of its people. It aligns structural, cultural, and strategic elements to meet the evolving needs of the business environment.
- The process includes diagnosing needs, exploring options, implementing the plan, and evaluating the impact. This cyclical approach ensures that interventions are evidence-based and aligned with organisational goals.
- Berk-Litwin Model: This model identifies 12 key factors influencing organisational change and performance, highlighting the causal relationships between transformational factors (like leadership and culture) and transactional factors (such as structures and management practices).
- Practical applications of OD can be seen in various contexts, such as a retail bank undergoing digital transformation or an NHS organisation adapting to new mandates. Each scenario requires tailored strategies to address leadership, culture, systems, and individual performance.
BEST MOMENTS
“Organisational Development is a planned and systematic approach to enabling sustained organisational performance through the involvement of its people.”
“The Berk-Litwin model shows how there are causal relationships between them. Everything’s like a lever; you tweak one and it might affect the other.”
“If you’re making changes, helping people to understand the why, so that they don’t see it as being knee-jerk, is crucial.”
“It’s really easy to make sure you always know why you’re doing something and try to connect all activities with the business strategy.”
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How To Be A Change Superhero – by Lucinda Carney
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About The Host
Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles. Lucinda, for over 10 years as CEO of Actus Software has worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. Certainly, it was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community. In order to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.
“If you look up, you rise up”
How To Be A Change Superhero – by Lucinda Carney
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