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Organisational Lifecycles Don McKenzie MD Adizes Australia 25th October 2017
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“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin.
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Today
Goal
Time
Posi
tive
N
egat
ive
Bu
sin
ess
Perf
orm
ance
Actual
Actual
Actual
Groundhog Day…
Problems & Challenges
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Problems and challenges are not equal
There is a lifecycle context
Infant
Toddler
Teenager
Middle Age
Old Age (move back in with kids)
Growing Aging
Golden Age
Move to Noosa
Death
Adult
Dating
Birth
Human Lifecycle
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Organisational Lifecycle
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Attributes that are LC-Driven
• Normal Problems
• Abnormal Problems
• Opportunities
• Goals
• Structure
• Managerial Processes
• People Styles
• Leadership
• Measurement
• Rewards
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Growing
Prime
Aging
Flexibility Controllability
Death
Dying
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What are we measuring?
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Both together…
Attributes that are LC-Driven
• Normal Problems
• Abnormal Problems
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Problems & Opportunities
Change
Manage
Problems/Opportunities
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Change
Manage
Problems/Opps.
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X
X
X
Conflict of personal styles
Conflict of interests
Conflict of deciding vs implementing
Decide Implement
Democracy Dictatorship +
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“DEMOCRASHIP”
Change
Manage
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X
X
X X
Conflict of personal styles
Conflict of interests
Conflict of roles of management
Conflict of deciding vs implementing
Decide Implement
Democracy Dictatorship +
Problems/Opps.
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“DEMOCRASHIP”
Change
Manage
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X Conflict of interests
Conflict of roles of management
Conflict of perceptions
Conflict of definitions
Conflict of values
Decide Implement
Democracy Dictatorship +
Problems/Opps.
Conflict of personal styles
Conflict of deciding vs implementing
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“DEMOCRASHIP”
Size and resource base? - Kodak? - Blockbuster?
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Consequence of Unharnessed Conflict
SUCCESS
Problems Decide & Implement
External Integration
Internal Disintegration
f
Mutual Trust Mutual Respect
Opportunities Decide & Implement
100%
5%
95% 5%
95%
(Energy Available)
(Energy Unavailable)
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(Reduce disintegration by…..)
Common Interest
Different but seek to learn
Understand the sequence of ingredients that leads to Mutual Trust & Respect.
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SUCCESS
Problems Decide & Implement
External Integration
Internal Disintegration
f
Mutual Trust Mutual Respect
Opportunities Decide & Implement
100%
5%
95% 5%
95%
(Energy Available)
(Energy Lost)
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(Reduce disintegration by…..)
1. Managerial Process
2. Vision, Mission & Values
3. Structure 4. People
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Successful countries, organisations, families and people……
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Summary…..
Your problems & opportunities?
• Normal Problems
• Abnormal Problems
