Organization health is the ability of an organization to align, execute and renew itself faster than the competition so that it can sustain exceptional performance over time. There are 9 elements to organizational health which when broken down will determine how aligned the organization is vertically (i.e., where shared objectives are supported by the culture and climate in the organization and are meaningful to each employee), horizontally (i.e., where the organization is effective at understanding, interacting with, shaping and adapting to its situation and external environment. In other words, its ability to renew itself) and finally executionally (i.e., whether the organization has the capabilities, management, processes and motivation to execute with excellence).There are 34 practices linked to the 9 elements and organizations can not afford to ignore any of these practices and maintaining a minimum standard of proficiency across all the 34 practices is vital for the overall performance of the organization.
Alignment is the essence of execution success but constant change both externally and internally within the organization makes it difficult to maintain. The result being such that should any one of the 9 elements be out of alignment, it will throw all the other elements out of alignment thereby making it difficult for the organization to execute effectively and renew itself. This is only natural and is governed by the Law of Entrainment whereby the element with the strongest rhythm pulls all the other elements in synch with it.
But, not all elements are created equal and some when combined with others will have a greater impact on the health of an organization than others. However having a basic understanding of each of the 9 elements and the practices associated with that element is crucial for organization performance but unfortunately such an understanding is not always apparent in organizations and as a result the health of the organization is compromised.
We will explore the 9 elements and their corresponding practices in future posts.
Yours in execution.
ian
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