Who defines the organizational values and how these values are established?

Lencioni declares that the human resource department is entrusted, in some organizations, with the task of setting organizational values, and this department does the task by asking employees or even conducting a survey. Organizational values are defined by the founder, senior executives, and some of the employees who are known as a symbol of the
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The 3 Elements of Trust

Leaders want to be trusted by those they lead, in our coaching with leaders, we often see that trust as a leading indicator of evaluating others is more important when it comes to leaders and affects other aspects of leadership. But creating that trust or, perhaps more importantly, reestablishing it when you’ve lost it isn’t
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Accountability

One of the signs of successful organizations is the importance that accountability has among the employees. Accountability is a delicate subject, and all organizations expect it from their employees. The concept of organizational accountability is slightly different from governmental accountability. When people say that one politician should be held accountable for his actions, they are
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Being good is not enough, it is the enemy of being excellent

Target companies chart their own growth pathways. These companies are committed to their values and key goals while continuously adapt their business strategies to the changing environment. According to James Collins, this is the magic way from good to excellence. In Collins’ point of view turning good companies into excellent ones depends on 3 factors:
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The Origin of Strategy

Professor G.F. Gause, known as “the father of mathematical biology,” put two very small animals (protozoans) of the same genus in a bottle with an adequate supply of food. If the animals were of different species, they could survive and persist together. If they were of the same species, they could not. This observation led
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What is strategy? (Part 1)

1.Operational effectiveness is not strategy, during the last two decades organizations learned that they need to be flexible to answer the market’s changes and competitions and to achieve the best operation they need to benchmark    and if needed outsource to achieve efficiency. They also need to develop some core competency to overtake rivals. But
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Is charisma something to be learned (acquired)?

Growing evidence indicates the importance of charisma on leadership. It is the common feature of personalities such as John F. Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. The following are some of the most prominent characteristics of charismatic leadership: Confidence Having a strong compelling vision The ability
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Leadership and honesty

Honesty is the foundation of a leader-follower relationship. Unfortunately, many leaders fail to understand that honesty not only means telling the truth but also leaving a good impression on people who you are working with. Albert Einstein conveyed that anyone who is indifferent to the truth in small tasks cannot be trusted in important responsibilities.
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Being committed to the key values of the organization is painful!

Organizational values are guiding principles in which the whole organization is committed to. They go beyond any rules and regulations. All strategies, tactics, plans and actions must be formulated with regard to these values, and no one in the company is allowed to do the opposite, not even the CEO! Collins and Porras point out
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Qualities of Effective Leaders

Despite all studies and research for detecting the key factors in which the effectiveness of a good leader can be understood, many of these factors are still undetected and not understood. It is interesting to know that however ordinary people do not have much trouble in identifying qualified leaders, researchers face some difficulties in this
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