Transformational Leadership:
how to systematically design organizations to maximize human performance
Abstract
For leaders ready to take their organizations to the next level of performance -- who are tired of fighting alligators and are ready to drain the swamp -- there's a scientific way to plan a transformation process.
Organizations send signals that guide people's behaviors. When those signals are conflicting or misaligned, people naturally do the wrong things. For example, if compensation is based on the size of one's budget, people grow their empires rather than save money.
On the other hand, in a well-designed organization, signals are clear, consistent, and help everyone succeed.
There are five organizational systems that generate these signals: culture, structure, the internal economy, methods and tools, and metrics and rewards. Leaders can transform an organization by redesigning these five systems.
This session gives leaders the tools they need to plan a transformation process that will systematically build a high-performance organization.
* Why executives are embarking on transformations
* How organizations affect people's performance
* Leadership versus management: designing organizations in which everyone can succeed
* The five fundamental organizational systems and the performance problems that arise from each
* A participative process of transformation planning
