Mónica D.
Speaker, Author, Coach, Facilitator, builder of Healthy Corporate Culture.
Has the recession allowed for a more creative Organizational Development?
Are you seeing possibilities that were previously impossible or unthinkable? Is your organization developing on a different path than it was beforehand. Recession can spark new ideas, or open up time for projects that had been taking a back seat. It is interesting for me to see how development is affected by changes in the economy. What are you seeing?
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Frank F.
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In the economy at large, innovation and invention
always increase during tough economic times, and
organizations are much more prone to change and
to re-inventing themselves at such times also.
I find renewed and eager receptiveness by companies
to want to search for a new future and new strategies
for the next economic cycle. I often am called in for
strategy sessions on this, and also to serve as an
interim-CEO to re-invent and turnaround struggling
companies.
When things are going well, organizations become
complacent and stop innovating. When tough times
come they are at first in denial of the need to change.
Then they start scrambling to survive, which they
will not do unless they can re-envision their future
amid the current turmoil.
Robert F. B.
President - Americas at Lindal Group
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Not unless it starts and comes from the top (CEO) and exec leadership. It needs to be supported, stimulated, promoted.
In those cases that the leadership initiated and inspired innovation and new ideas do get created. Nice example of a local wood cabinet maker who surveyed all employees and they now make a variety of wood products, bridging the tough times and surviving...
Links:
Wesley H.
at Compass Group North America
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I've seen a more short-term focus with OD initiatives. Rather than spending time/resources on leadership development (particularly frontline leaders), which may take a few years to come to fruition, there has been a shift to immediate objectives. For me, that has meant more staff-level training designed to improve customer relations/satisfaction on a daily basis. My hope, however, is that we don't forget the importance of leaders---those who must hardwire employee behaviors through communication, recognition, and accountability.
Mark H.
Changing how people and organizations work together
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Monica:
I am with Frank, the organizations that recognize this recession as a wake up call and who realize that an engaged workforce and customer base open up huge opportunities in this time and place.
Many organizations are very short sighted, using the economy as an excuse to "clean house", withold pay increases, and other "cost saving" strategies.
Smart organizations are using this time to strengthen relationships, hire key talent, and forge strategic alliances.
Do the companies who use "You are lucky to have a job as a motivational strategy" really think they won't feel the effects of that when the economy picks up?
Francisco L.
Quality and process improvement
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The recession pushes us hard to be creative in our development.
Individual first, and then organizational.
We don't trust big business and a we don't trust the boss.
Many among us are redesigning our lives to take a larger share of the responsibility for what we do.
A little like the small mammals taking over when the dinosaurs fell.
Fungus
