OrgHealth Ascent Assessment for Individuals
Talent Magnetism
Strategic Momentum
What does this mean?
Here’s what you are likely experiencing on your team based on what you’ve reported.
High: Talent Magnetism
- Your hiring process likely goes more quickly than your competitors, with a greater chance of “right-first-time” hires.
- Your company is less likely to have to over-pay good people to join.
- Something about your company is drawing people to want to work there right now. (It would be important to get clear about what that “something” is.)
Medium: Collaborative Culture and Leadership Accountability
- While Collaborative Culture may not appear to be the most pressing area of concern, it is the centre of all organizational health, so every other area is either compromised or elevated by it. Consider how raising Collaborative Culture would affect your lowest rating area, as well as your highest.
- Your leadership team’s relationships with each other may include tensions, and the staff may not all feel so positive. False harmony should be examined.
Low: Strategic Momentum
- Goals feel either too difficult or too easily achieved, resulting in lower energy being used towards achieving them.
- Goal progress is slower than it should be, and at times is difficult to measure due to lack of clarity.
- Rallying energy towards initiatives requires large gestures due to a low sense of momentum and clarity.
Action Step
Here's what you can do.
We would recommend reading through all the suggestions below and choosing either one or two to build an action plan around.
Prioritize communication.
Transparency around successes and failures—without focusing on blame—builds the trust an organization needs to move forward in alignment. Talk about what was achieved/not achieved, what worked well/didn’t work well, who is showing up as an emerging leader and how to empower them going forward, and ask what opportunities or next steps people see. Talking about reality can be sobering at times, but can also rally collective energy towards improvement.
Invest in your people.
The leadership team can only accomplish what their workforce can do. Increasing the competence of those who are already loyal and committed is the best investment that can be made.
Build a feedback loop.
It’s important to be open to feedback that is different from your current thinking or preconceived ideas. An organization that has a fairly positive culture but is not visibly accomplishing goals, growing, and building momentum may appear “stuck and comfortable” to high performers whether they are within the organization already or being sought as a candidate. Strategy isn’t static and needs to be challenged regularly to stay relevant and keep your organization fresh and rejuvenated. Consider how new ideas, clear direction, and fresh energy can be injected into the company.
How can our team help you succeed?
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