The Four Pillars of Organizational Greatness...TOPICS FOR TODAY 2 of 10 CDMG, LLC 4309 E Florian Ave...
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December 6, 2012 The Four Pillars of Organizational Greatness Presented by Cyndi Laurin, PhD
Transcript of The Four Pillars of Organizational Greatness...TOPICS FOR TODAY 2 of 10 CDMG, LLC 4309 E Florian Ave...
December 6, 2012
The Four Pillars of Organizational Greatness
Presented by
Cyndi Laurin, PhD
TOPICS FOR TODAY
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Background Information
Why Four Pillars? Leadership Culture Political Structures Reward Structures
AVTAR & the Rudolph factor?
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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VP Operations, CDMG
Founder, Guide to Greatness, LLC
Bestselling business author of “Catch!”
& “The Rudolph Factor”
University Professor: Cal Poly, SLO
College of Business, (10 years)
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WHY FOUR PILLARS?
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Systems approach
What’s the most important part?
Infrastructure for a business
excellence framework
Symptoms of problems when 1 or
more pillars are not solid…
Are there more than 4?
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FIRST PILLAR: LEADERSHIP
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Study with 700 participants
Language of leadership & followers
Positional vs. political leadership
Leadership defined as a
commitment to the success of the
people around you.
What kind of leader are you?
SECOND PILLAR: ORGANIZATIONAL
CULTURE
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BEING DOING
Looking outside
organization for
answers that
may or may not
be relevant.
Looking within
to define what it
should look like
& how it impacts
each individual.
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Go within or go without!
THIRD PILLAR: POLITICAL STRUCTURES
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BENEVOLENT KING/QUEEN
BUREAUCRACY DEMOCRACY
Very generous
Full control
Bottleneck
Results oriented
Can easily turn to
dictatorship…
Policies and
procedures drive
behavior, not
people.
Hierarchical/order
Blame games
People are trusted &
valued.
People are expected
to contribute
Balances people &
processes.
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FOURTH PILLAR REWARD STRUCTURES
Impacts behaviors immediately
Different than motivation
Cost vs. Payoff Theory
One size doesn’t fit all
Executives
Managers
Workers
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WHAT IS AVTAR & THE RUDOLPH FACTOR?
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Lens of possibility…
Innovation is part of DNA.
Don’t fit in…
Connect dots others don’t see.
Why? Why? Why?
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
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