Does Your Organization Have a High-Performance Culture?
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The Leader's Digest
The Leader's DigestEvery organization needs to be an high-performance organization. But getting there involves developing a high-performance culture.

Without the culture all the talk is just that - talk.

Is your organization developing a high-performance culture that promotes innovation and continuous process improvement?
How true are the following statements:.
 



1-Not True    3-Somewhat True   5-Very True

  1. People are reluctant to openly discuss concerns, issues, or problems.
  2. E-mail is consuming more of our day and reducing personal communication.
  3. We are drowning in details and data while losing sight of the big picture.
  4. Stress and frustration levels are increasing.
  5. My/Our boss is not an effective leader.
  6. Senior management doesn’t set clear priorities and provide good direction.
  7. Trust and accountability gaps are widening.
  8. There’s a fair bit of negativity, cynicism, and blaming others around here.
  9. We avoid asking for or giving honest performance feedback.
  10. Indifference and apathy are reducing customer service, innovation, quality, and productivity
  11. Morale is declining as absenteeism and turnover increases.
  12. I/We often go along with things that I/we don’t agree with.
Score
15 points or lower – You have a high performance culture.
16 – 29 points – You\'re somewhat above average. Keep leading and developing to move even higher.
30 - 44 points – Your culture is fairly average. Strong leadership and organizational development will boost you from ordinary to extraordinary.
45 points or higher – you have a highly dysfunctional culture. Courageous leadership and strong organizational development work is needed for major cultural change.
 
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