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Organization Development is a set of strategies generally designed by change management experts and executed to help an organization gain and / or sustain a competitive advantage. When change management experts are designing organizational development strategies, it is important they have a clear understanding of the goals of the organization. It i... s also equally important for change management experts to understand the culture, i.e. beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and values. Additionally, an organizations core competencies, products and services, and target customers, is valuable information to have. Effective organizations demonstrate strength in the following key areas: Level 5 Leadership effective organizations have level five leaders as defined by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great. According to Collins there are five attributes that characterize Level 5 Leaders: They are self-confident enough to set up their successors for success. They are humble and modest. They give credit to others for their success and take full responsibility for poor results. They attribute much of their success to good luck rather than personal greatness. Culture it will always be about the beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and values of the people that comprise an organization. The people that comprise effective organizations know why the organization is in business, what it is the organization does, and how the organization does it. Effective organizations have a culture of unwavering commitment to best practices, being accountable and working to live versus being on the hamster wheel of living to work. Effective organizations get this, and they hire and cultivate a work a environment that is fun, serious about excellence, and dedicated to providing the best service and / or product to their marketplace. Work Processes and Systems an unwavering commitment to continuously improving processes and discovering best work practices, i.e. always trying to find ways to do the things an organization does today, better and faster ...Read More