| | October 2020MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM8In MyOpinionOrganizational Development work is like putting together a puzzle ­ there are business pieces, people pieces, metric pieces, process pieces and financial pieces. You need to take all the pieces into consideration and explore how they fit together until you see the big picture. Once the picture unveils itself the path is clear and a structured approach you address the missing pieces, which can result in increased collaboration, productivity, engagement and ultimately profitability.When working with companies I focus on five steps, they are: Creating a Company Vision and Values, Assessing and Developing Executive Leadership, Designing Strategies and Supporting Metrics, Improving Talent Processes and Developing leaders, managers and employees. It is vital a company has a living vision and active values. By this I mean the company's vision should enable decision-making and provide a common understanding of what success looks like. The company values should show employees how they achieve the vision, how they should behave and interact with each other, their customers, vendors and shareholders.A recent Harvard Business Review article talked about vision in this way, "...Rally your team around your vision. Your people and stakeholders will have to make sacrifices, so you want them to believe in your view of the better future WHY ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT? By Carmela Racanelli Crawford, Director, Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, Crawford Solutions, Inc.
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