Thought-Starters for Building Organizational Health
- From the kitchen table of Michael Legut, Ph.D. Why Do Geese Fly In A “V” Key Takeaways . Organizational and team health can be observed in outcomes like high morale, increased productivity, employee retention, goal clarity and internal politics. Building a healthy and successful team involves understanding the true talents of team members and then finding the right work to fit those talents. Interpersonal behaviors such as trust, healthy conflict, accountability, commitment to decisions and attention to results, all provide clues to team and organization health. Developing insight to your interpersonal behavior is about embracing self-reflection. Self-reflectivion is useful for understanding how your own mindset can influence your leader behaviors and your team’s behaviors. When geese migra te they typically fly in the “V” formation. They have a long journey and the birds know how to work together to survive this journey. The story of why ge...