| Intentions and behaviour. They're not the same -- even when we intend them to be so. Whether as leaders or followers we need to communicate intentions. How do we communicate so that all involved in a team, whether two or more people, are comfortable with each others' intentions? We judge our own behaviours by our intentions. But from others' perspectives they don't appear the same. Likewise, others' behaviours sometimes seem inconsistent with what we understood to be their intentions. "Between the cup and the lip may appear a lot of slip!". This site, designed for people either mandated or aspiring to lead or possessed with a vision or ideas of substantial promise, offers introductions to theories and practices by which you can work around or through "slippages between your cup and lip". In spite of our best intentions, these slippages sap our productivities, both individually and collectively, and not infrequently amount to inadvertent sabotage. To make the best and fastest use of this site's resources, we invite you first to consider a reality critical to successful participation in any organization: the effect of culture on performance. |
In brief, figures gathered from an extensive survey by the authors of "Corporate Culture & Performance" and displayed in the chart above tell us very clearly that constructive cultures do much, much better over the "long haul" than defensive ones do. What kind of culture do you work in or lead? Is it a constructive, learning-oriented, aptly focused, and creatively applied one? There's no simple Yes or No answer to that. Most people tell us "Yes, but .........", and the "buts" describe beliefs or attitudes that inhibit the discovery and exchange of practically relevant know-what and know-how. If that's your answer, Authentix Coaches can assist you -- either as an individual, or as a leader with an organizational mandate, mission, or vision -- to clear those impediments to higher performance. Following are the services we offer: |
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| Source: Data - "Corporate Culture & Performance" © 1992 by Kotter & Heskett Analysis - Authentix Coaches |
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| The chart below compares the financial performance over a decade of two kinds of organizational culture: |