4 Posts found for Author: Jarrod Shappell

If you want your values to really matter, you must root them in all organizational decisions. For a company’s values to feel integral to the lifeblood of the organization, they must be visibly central to how the organization competes.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jarrod Shappell, Ron Carucci | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Organizational Behavior

Governance design — which defines who gets to make decisions and allocate resources — is often too complicated or unclear to be effective. For a strategy to be successful, those closest to the most relevant information, budgets, and problems are the best equipped to make decisions. When leaders have proximity to an issue but no authority, authority without the needed resources, or control of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jarrod Shappell, Ron Carucci | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy

Know what your current organization is and isn’t capable of and what capabilities you need to achieve [a] newly articulated strategy. Unlike competencies, which belong to individuals, capabilities are organizational.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jarrod Shappell, Ron Carucci | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

An organization is nothing more than a living embodiment of a strategy. That means its “organizational hardware” (i.e., structures, processes, technologies, and governance) and its “organizational software” (i.e., values, norms, culture, leadership, and employee skills and aspirations) must be designed exclusively in the service of a specific strategy. Research suggests that only 10% of organizations are successful at aligning their strategy with their organization design. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Jarrod Shappell, Ron Carucci | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Strategy