This is a few slides I use with leaders who are planning change initiatives with difficult staff teams!

1. Shifting toxic culture…
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2. Engagement leads to peak performance
Sample culture survey:
Rate each question from 1 (low) to 5 (high)
Add up total out of 25
1) I really care about the future of my organisation
2) I am proud to tell others that I work for this organisation
3) My organisation inspires me to do my best
4) I would recommend my organisation to a friend as a good place to work
5) I am willing to put in a great deal of effort and time beyond what is
normally expected
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Adapted from Gallop

3. Rogers - Diffusion of innovation
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6. Commitment Charting
A (Induction)
Team Leaders
Technology
Board
B (the D)
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7. Benefits:
• Engagement, ownership leading to…
…enthusiasm/energy and commitment
• Better solutions – innovation
The Pronoun Test “I” or “We”
“My” or “Our”
“We” or “They”
Daniel Pink – “A whole new mind”
“There's only one thing better than ownership – authorship!
Simon Breakspear , “Talent Magnets”
Adaptive Leadership
“a healthy organisation is one in which all participants have a voice”
(Scott Peck ,1988).
Leadership characterised by both;
• participative processes
• collaborate solution finding
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