Organizational attention deficit disorder (OADD) can affect companies and employees. The top three sources of OADD are uncertainty about organizational direction, disconnected organizational initiatives, and too much change happening at once. When companies experience OADD, it can lead to incomplete projects, halted growth, inefficiencies, employee frustrations, and loss of market share. The best leaders can resolve OADD by truly understanding priorities, employee capacity and workloads, and managing upward to prevent overload and maintain focus.

1. *Organizational Attention Deficit Disorder
*
Dr. Jim Bohn
Pro/Axios
Minneapolis, MN

2. *The symptoms of
organizational OADD
*Inability to concentrate …
*Loss of focus …
*Distraction …

3. *Top Three Sources of
OADD
*Uncertainty about organizational
direction
*Disconnected organizational initiatives
*Too much change happening at one time
Based on research conducted by Pro/Axios

4. *Here’s what OADD
looks like at the
employee level!
*Uncoordinated activities from
multiple directions
*Confusion about decisions
*Everything is priority #1

5. *The Outcomes of
Organizational OADD
*Incomplete projects
*Halted growth
*Inefficiencies
*Employee Frustrations
*Loss of market share

6. *The Impact of OADD
*Uncertainty about
organizational direction
causes:
*Employee anxiety,
*Employee concern,
*Wait-and-see attitudes,and
*Social loafing.

7. *What the best leaders do
to resolve OADD
1.The best leaders truly understand
critical organizational priorities.
2.The best leaders understand the
capacity of their people.
3.The best leaders understand the true
workload of their team.
4.The best leaders manage upwardly to
prevent overload and maintain focus.

8. *As a leader, you have
a responsibility to
overcome OADD!
*Be disciplined:
*Provide maximum goal clarity
*Manage priorities
*Maintain focus for your team
*Stay the course to get the job
done

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7/16/2013Organizational Insight Leading to Organizational Transformation

10. Disconnected Initiatives 5.7
Too much change ` 5.6
Uncertainty about organizational direction 5.9
People not working together 5.7
Leaders ineffective in their communication styles 5.3
Other leaders ineffective communicating 5.4
Frustrated employees want to give up 5.2
People not pulling their weight 4.4
Employee uncertainty slows productivity 5.7
Initiatives with no possibility of success 4.6
Research conducted by Pro/Axios, 2013 surrounding the question of:
“What are the greatest challenges facing your organization today?”
Scale of 10 – Deeply concerned to 1- Not at All Concerned
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