BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH TRUMPS EVERYTHING IN BUSINESS! Org Strength is a systems thinking and capabilities based approach to creating high-performance organizations. It is about what matters and the actual steps for building the kind of organization that will breed a great company culture as a result.

1. A MENTAL MODEL
FOR BUILDING WINNING
ORGANIZATIONS
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2. Companies that want to
maximize their potential to
grow and evolve as
outstanding businesses in
the world have to be good
in two basic areas
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3. First, they need to develop
and advance their
Organizational
Smartness, which is
about mastering and
applying world class
competencies in business
areas such as Strategy,
Product Mgmt, Marketing,
IT, Finance

4. Yet, to build winning
products, deploy business
strategies, and constantly
deliver value to the market
being smart is only really
half the equation!
50%

5. Your company’s ability to
reach and sustain high
levels of business
performance largely
depends on how it
performs as an
organization
BIZ ORG

6. That’s why teams and
companies also need to
work on building their
Organizational Strength,
which is all about
building a winning team
and work environment,
managing the energy,
productivity and
effectiveness of your team
as well as developing
essential organizational
capabilities.

7. Building Organizational
Strength enables,
accelerates and sustains
your company’s
performance and growth
by attaining Clarity and
Focus, High Productivity,
High Morale, Low
Turnover, as well as high
Connectivity in the
organization
BIZ ORG

8. HOW TO BUILD
ORG STRENGTH?

9. Building a strong and
thriving organization is a
continuous dynamic
process of developing and
aligning capabilities along
five dimensions

10. EFFECTIVENESS
CLARITY
EXCELLENCE
COHESION
COMFORT

11. Creating Org Clarity is the
main domain of Leadership
requiring the engagement
in continuous and authentic
(over-) communication
around all the grand and all
the little things going on in
the business as well as the
expectations around all
issues.
CLARITY

12. CLARITY
OBJECTIVE:
Achieving highest level of
understanding, alignment,
and commitment around
the company identity,
direction, and decisions
KEY CAPABILITIES:
• Vision communication
• Meaningful values
• Strategy and goal communication

13. EFFECTIVENES
S
Creating Org Effectiveness
is the main domain of
Management and
Organizational Design
focusing on the continuous
development and
improvement of
communication, shared
ways of working and
systems within and
between departments as
well as well designed
organizational structures

14. OBJECTIVE:
Creating an information
and knowledge
superconducting
environment enabling for
highly effective and efficient
collaboration
KEY CAPABILITIES:
• Collaboration across teams
• Knowledge sharing across organization
• Roles and responsibilities calibration
EFFECTIVENES
S

15. Human Resources / People
Operations is in charge for
developing values & culture
based human processes
and systems from hiring,
performance review, people
development to dismissal
of employees
EXCELLENCE

16. EXCELLENCE
OBJECTIVE:
Building and developing an
outstandingly capable and
driven workforce made up
of personalities that fit the
organization
KEY CAPABILITIES:
• Recruitment and hiring
• Leadership and talent development
• Rewards and recognition

17. Creating Org Cohesion is
the joint domain of
Leadership, Managers, HR
as well as the collective
team, enforcing meaningful
values for interacting with
each other in a safe space
supporting trustful and
strong team relationships
COHESION

18. Objective:
Creating an exceptional
team environment that
enables everyone to be at
their best (mood, behavior,
motivation) and highest
level of focus
KEY CAPABILITIES:
• Level of openness and trust
• Adherence to values
• Relationship building
• Team spirit
COHESION

19. Org Comfort is an
additional domain related to
HR removing barriers, and
hassles of life as well as
supporting team health &
wellbeing, workplace fun
and attractiveness
COMFORT

20. OBJECTIVE:
Contributing to individual
and collective employee
happiness through
meaningful perks and
benefits
CONSIDERATIONS:
• Food, Snacks, Beverages
• Support of health & wellbeing
• Language courses
• Supporting office infrastructure
COMFORT

21. Start the journey of
building Organizational
Strength by constantly
improving and iterating on
these guiding questions

22. #clarity#leadership
How do we achieve alignment and commitment around
the company identity, direction, and decisions?
#effectiveness#management#orgdesign
How do we create an information and knowledge
superconducting environment enabling for highly effective
and efficient collaboration?
#excellence#humanresources
How do we build-up and develop an outstandingly
capable and driven workforce?
#cohesion#culture
How do we create an exceptional team environment that
enables everyone to be at their best (mood, behavior,
motivation) and highest level of focus?
#comfort#perks
How can we contribute to individual and collective
employee well-being in meaningful ways?

23. Consider Org Building a
priority.
Create feedback loops.
Improve and iterate.
Measure your progress.
Don’t stop.

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