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The document discusses conducting organizational assessments. It explains that assessments measure overall performance through factors like external environment, organizational motivation, and capacity. The Good-to-Great assessment by Jim Collins is highlighted as a thorough but simple model. It includes 7 components: level 5 leadership, focusing on the right people before plans, confronting brutal facts, having a clear focus or "hedgehog concept", a disciplined culture, using technology to accelerate growth, and pushing steady incremental growth like a flywheel. Organizational assessments provide a way to evaluate companies at their core and identify growth opportunities.

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Ogl 357 Final Project

The document discusses conducting organizational assessments. It explains that assessments measure overall performance through factors like external environment, organizational motivation, and capacity. The Good-to-Great assessment by Jim Collins is highlighted as a thorough but simple model. It includes 7 components: level 5 leadership, focusing on the right people before plans, confronting brutal facts, having a clear focus or "hedgehog concept", a disciplined culture, using technology to accelerate growth, and pushing steady incremental growth like a flywheel. Organizational assessments provide a way to evaluate companies at their core and identify growth opportunities.

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Conducting an Organizational Assessment

Clohe McMillen
Leadership Training and Development Manager

Introduction:
Organizational Assessment is a systematic way to measure the overall performance of an

organization through many factors (Rojas, 2019). It is built around a framework of four different segments;

measuring organizational performance, gaining an understanding of the organization’s external environment,

determining organizational motivation, and finally examining organizational capacity (Lusthaus, 2002 pg. 9).

Each of these components can be analyzed through the lens of the organization to evaluate and determine the

overall success and stability of the organization itself.

Organizational Assessment holds a great deal of importance to not only see the current

performance of a company but show the areas that a company must grow to strengthen and improve the

organization as a whole. It is a good way to identify what is working for the organization, and what needs to

change in order to keep up with consumer needs. It can be easy to lose sight of what is important within an
organization when so many factors are involved, but through an assessment, one may take a step back and

evaluate the overall operations and the importance of why they do what they do.

Good-to-Great Assessment:

Jim Collins’ Good to Great Assessment is a

thorough, but simple way to assess and organization.

Throughout his book, he discusses some good points

that not only help an organization structurally, but they

go deeper into what being a leader really means. I like

his take on how impactful leaders can be when given

the right tools (Collins, 2001). He uses a very

straightforward evaluation process, which is

appreciated. As the Organizational Assessment team of

our company, it is your duty to conduct assessments in a way that is productive and suitable for the

corporation as a whole. This article will take you through the Good-to-Great Assessment Model, so that it

may be implemented by you fellow leaders.

Components of a Good-to-Great Assessment Model:

There are 7 Total Components to the Good-to-Great Assessment Model:

1. Level 5 Leadership

2. First Who… Then What

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3. Confront the Brutal Facts

4. The Hedgehog Concept

5. A Culture of Discipline

6. Technology Accelerators

7. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop

Level 5 Leadership

o Acts of Humility
o Dogged Determination to Succeed
o Ability to Delegate and Bring onboard Strong team members
o Showcase Extreme Diligence in Work Ethic
o Teachable Leaders who Learn from their Experiences
o Great Model for Future Generations in the Company

First Who… Then What

o Know the Right People aka the “Who”


-Search for the right person until you are 100% sure.
o Know the “How” of making the vision a Success
-Place employees in positions that offer prime opportunities for success
o Find and do “What” makes your company stand out
-Implement Camaraderie within the workplace
-Work-Life Balance

Confront the Brutal Facts

o Face Reality with Courage and Integrity


o Maintain a Persevering Attitude
o Take on the role of Visionary to Face Harsh Realities and Cultivate Growth
o Hire Self-Motivated People

The Hedgehog Concept

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o As a leader, be a Hedgehog and not a Fox
-A fox is cunning, and each day devises a plan to defeat the hedgehog through attack. But
every day the fox tries the same plan and fails when the Hedgehog defeats them with their spikes.
o Be Unified in a method of Pursuit
o Have a Unified Vision
o Effectively work through Problems
o Utilize the Three Circles
-Understand what your company is and can be best at
-Know what drives the positive cash flow your company needs to grow
-Listen to your Passions

A Culture of Discipline

o Have a Highly Disciplined Attitude


o Use Self-Discipline to get the job done, but maintain a Creative Spirit
o Strong sense of Personal Responsibility

Technology Accelerators

o Keep up with Technological Advances that will work best with your business model
o Don’t blindly follow Trends
o Adapt your company to fit Consumer Technological Needs

The Flywheel and the Doom Loop

o Slow and Steady


Move the business forward with Measured, Consistent Steps to initiate the “Flywheel”
o Push through Obstacles

Organizational Assessments are a way to evaluate a company on many different levels. It takes
multiple perspectives to truly see where a company is going and what it has the potential to do. The
information proved on Jim Collins’ Good-to-Great Assessment helps to understand and evaluate our
company at the core. The seven components of this assessment are unique in that they take on each
perspective and they provide insightful tips on how to establish growth. Our company is built on a
foundation of leadership and values, so I hope this information opens many doors to new
opportunities.

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References

Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great- Quickie Book Summary. Swiftbooks

Lusthaus, C., Adrien, M., Anderson, G., Carden, F., & Montalván, G. P. (2002). Organizational assessment:

A framework for improving performance. Washington: Inter-American Development Bank.

Rojas, K. (2019, September 18). Evaluating the Performance of an Organisation. Retrieved June 01, 2020,

from https://www.betterevaluation.org/en/theme/organisational_performance

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