The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. These core systems either boost or block performance.

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System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Once a system is kicked in a right direction and with a sufficient push, the deviation-amplifying mutual positive feedbacks take over the process, and the resulting development will be disproportionally large compared with the initial kick. The above quote is how I think about work with organizations, teams and the people who support them.

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Senge Cooper System Team Building 112

You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Peter Senge. Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. There was a time when everyone was jumping onto The Learning Organization bandwagon. This usually happened when times were good, when organizations felt a little more ebullient about their prospects and generous toward their employees.

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Learning Organization Organization Senge Learning-by-Doing 63

QAspire

MARCH 8, 2015

But when you look at the whole system, you might figure out that the real root cause is in something which is immeasurable yet important – may be, collaboration with other teams or how you sell. If your metrics are narrow, you will never be able to focus on systemic metrics that may really help your business and the customer.

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Root Cause Analysis Senge Metrics Software 70

You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Peter Senge Peter Senge is one of my favourite Thought Leaders. There was a time when everyone was jumping onto The Learning Organization bandwagon. This usually happened when times were good, when organizations felt a little more ebullient about their prospects and generous toward their employees.

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Learning Organization Senge Organization Learning-by-Doing 56

Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization about the vision, the goals, and Quality Leadership. If top managers within the organization are not authentically practicing Quality Leadership neither will anyone else. Begin a system of employee feedback to all department leaders. Transformational Steps.

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Case Study System Decentralization Management 40

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The session outlined our implementation steps, approaches, and Client examples for leadership, organization, and culture development. Coordinating Divisional Strategic Imperatives – an integrated approach pulling together all the projects and initiatives emerging from XYZ’s major strategic goals and imperatives.

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Webinar Six Sigma Development Senge 56