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The key to becoming a learning organization

Asamby Consulting

If know-how is constantly added to the organization's collective memory, it can improve effortlessly over time High autonomy. If the organization is self-learning, there's no external driver necessary to push trough process improvements etc. A good examples is really every process improvement. Nobody likes to fail.

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Negative organizational culture: The overall culture within an organization can impact teamwork. If the organizational culture promotes competition, silos, or a lack of collaboration, it can trickle down to the team level and hinder cooperation.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

Culturally engrained employee recognition and appreciation matters in today’s workplace. Tanner Institute’s 2020 Global Culture Report showed that 87% of organizations with a strong recognition culture reported a positive employer brand. Study these proven approaches. Positive Work Environment: The O.C.

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CC’ing the Boss on Email Makes Employees Feel Less Trusted

Harvard Business

My collaborators and I conducted a series of six studies (a combination of experiments and surveys) to see how cc’ing influences organizational trust. He found that increased transparency led workers to conceal information, even when that information was beneficial, such as process improvements they’d discovered.

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Improving the Patient Experience: People, Process, Place Model

Tom Spencer

A model that healthcare and health system leaders use, supported by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering ( ASHE ), in order to evaluate and address patient satisfaction is the “people, process, place” model. Process: Each Step Matters. making enhancements to the hospital physical environment.

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Can Employees Really Speak Up Without Retribution?

Harvard Business

Thus not surprisingly, lots of leaders say they want to encourage their employees to speak freely, whether it’s by offering creative new ideas, identifying process improvements, or even calling out unethical behavior. But several studies suggest that leaders often undermine their own efforts to get employees to speak up.

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Pushing Employees to Go the Extra Mile Can Be Counterproductive

Harvard Business

These self-starters need no external cues to help a co-worker learn a new skill; offer suggestions for process improvement; recruit a new employee; or volunteer for an assignment. To find out, we designed a pair of studies that would measure the ethical repercussions of externally motivated organizational citizenship.

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