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Organizational Effectiveness

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Fax
319-335-2644
Campus Address
121-50 USB
Mailing Address

121 University Services Building, Suite 50
Iowa City, IA 52242-1911
United States

Would you like to be part of a team that collaborates and realizes the potential for positive change?

  • Staff benefit by reduced frustration, elimination of wasted time in the process, reduced errors, and better collaboration.
  • Leaders benefit by more engaged staff, greater innovation and collaboration and reduced costs.
  • Departments benefit by more transparency with engaged teams driving improvements that provide benefits to the customer.

Characteristics of Effective Teams

  • Everyone participates to create change and has an equal voice.
  • Focus on quality, results, and customer satisfaction.
  • Does not let perfection get in the way-strives for incremental improvements.
  • Goals are communicated, attainable and measurable.
  • Success is celebrated.
  • Access, opportunity, and diversity are embraced.
  • Members continue to invest in professional development.
  • Willingness to share successes and lessons learned with others.

Leader Behavior Matters

  • Lead with humility. Humility is an enabling principle that precedes learning and improvement.
  • Practice the art of problem solving. Involve employees in improving the work done in their areas.
  • Bring out the best in others. Recognize the work of others.
  • Clearly communicate the direction and purpose of the organization to all. Develop goals and standards that are connected to the organization’s goals.
  • Develop and increase the improvement capability of people.