Outcomes of Teams and Organizations with Focus
- Streamlined and clear communication within the organization
- Suffusion of the organization’s core purpose and vision in every system, operation, and transaction
- Establishment of learning systems that result in high-leverage capacity building
- Enhanced credibility by top-level and team leaders, and commitment by employees
- Enhanced organizational culture which shifts leadership styles
- Performance targets reinforce collective commitments
- Focus on collaboration, with deep levels of organizational commitment among all employees
Focus includes a team or organization’s human infrastructure (e.g., communication practices, leadership, capacity to learn) and performance readiness conditions (e.g., research, training, learning models, adoption of best practices).
The Four Lenses of Focus
Four lenses affect a team or organization’s focus:
- A focus that is too specific.
- A focus that is too general.
- A focus that does not align with the team or organization’s core purpose and vision.
- A focus that is effective but results in performance that is in flux. While acceptable for periods of time, the performance is neither exemplary nor sustainable (see Regenerate for a description of the Composite Score Card).
Diagnostic work will indicate whether a singular or multipronged approach best serves your organization’s immediate and long-term goals.
Implementing a Resourcing Plan
Following the diagnostic phase, we will consult with you to implement a Resourcing Plan (RP). Aberfoyle Consulting will provide continuous support and professional development for your staff and assign a project leader to your organization.
As the Resourcing Plan is carried out, our team will conduct summative assessments in order to acknowledge successes and to make necessary course corrections.
Our Competencies for Focus
Aberfoyle Consulting specializes in the following competencies, which produce teams and organizations with focus:
- Transformational Leadership: Facilitating a Focused Lens
- The Infrastructure of Organizational Learning
- Creating Networks of Learning
- Performance Targeting
- Instructional Intelligence
- Designing and Aligning Policies and Procedures
- Employee Training
- Solutions Teams
- Teaming with Precision
- Strategic Alignment
- Implementation and Review
