Conversations that matter

When we are unable to talk about issues that matter, but everything and everyone seems ok, we're on the border of the undiscussables. If we're attentive, we may sense some words not being said, or topics just ignored or parked for later, unnecessarily.

Saying hello to the elephant in the room means acknowledging these realities.

If this is a regular occurance, it means that it's now become a part of the culture.  The organization will have difficulty reaching its goals, and the employees will find it difficult to work together at all levels - a sure recipe for failure. Also, employees will reduce their engagement and top performers will leave sooner rather than later.  The organization will be left with people good at saying 'yes'  and doing the absolute minimum, along with the blame-game and siloed working.

Having worked with a few leadership teams on articulating and transforming their culture, do get in touch with me on +919820155778

Action from The Selection Discussion - Finding the Right Fit

Just completed a customized two-day workshop on designing behavioural and competency behavioural questions for a logistics organization to sharpen and focus their hiring practice.  This is part of an overall change management initiative. The participants included the management team and a few direct reports in addition to HR.

They all participated fully by asking questions, sharing their viewpoints and taking part in the discussions that were designed.  Some topics covered were:

• Making the interview a positive experience
• Articulating the behaviours that indicate the culture
• Designing Competency based and Behavioural Event Interview Questions
• Improving the quality of hiring decisions

Here are some images from the action.

Plenary discussion of non negotiable behaviours that contravene organization culture norms.

Learnings from 2 days

I'm extremely grateful to the organization for the opportunity.  The workshop went well because of the active participation of the audience.

Please do contact me on +919820155778 or ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com if you want to have a conversation about such workshops for your organization.

Defining your Organization's Identity

 

9 Ways to Reinforce and Live Your Company's values Every Day

 Super read on making your #organizationvalues a reality in terms of behaviour.

I have put some of the 9 ways into practice during my corporate stint years ago, and designed and ran a group process #facilitation session for a client a few years ago to help the employees understand how they can make the values really visible in terms of daily work behaviour.

Read this article here