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ORGANIZATIONAL RENEWAL

Government

The internal training and organizational development organization in a large state government agency was struggling with factions and infighting, could not seem to come to agreement on a shared mission and set of products, and morale was low. Everyone was hunkered down in their own private bunker, trying to do their job, and just survive from day to day.

Through our work with them, this organization:

• Moved from a set of three independent, conflicting subgroups into a more unified team, with shared committed to the unit's overall good.
• Developed a clear, shared basis for organizational performance, including a shared vision, values, mission, services, customers, and performance assessment criteria.
• Learned how to draw on the diverse backgrounds and perspectives available within the team as a means to improve project performance

In the words of the project sponsor:

• "We began to enter a paradoxical state in which we see ourselves more and more as a unified team, but at the same time, we respect and honor the real differences among us, both as individuals and as subgroups."
• "We are learning to leverage differences and diversity as a source of enrichment, learning, and change."
• "A level of understanding was reached as to our need to continue working on ourselves to become a more 'healthy' team, so we can function with integrity when we service others within our organization."
  

Renewable Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Path to Sustainable Growth

While touted as a marketplace nirvana, the reality of the global marketplace has brought with it an unanticipated, strange and painful consequence: somehow, dominance has become as much a liability as an asset. Small, nimble competitors can emerge from nowhere, move with blinding speed, and subvert industry incumbents, because incumbents can't respond quickly and effectively. Disconcertingly, dominance can disappear almost overnight. To survive - let alone thrive - in this climate requires creating and continually renewing a spirit of disciplined entrepreneurship…

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About Dean Robb, Ph.D.

Dr. Dean Robb is President of Robb Consulting, LLC. Since 1994, he has helped numerous domestic and foreign business leaders build high-performing, innovative, entrepreneurial enterprises. His expertise combines 26 years of practical, real-world experience in corporate America with in-depth research in human and organizational systems. His website is www.robbconsulting.com. He can be reached at drobb@robbconsulting.com or at (908) 757-4721.

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