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Quick Reminders to Keep You on Track

■ Conducting a successful organizational health check, an organizational
analysis, is a key step in the organization’s achieving its vision.
■ The purposes of the analysis are for the organization to strengthen what
is working, identify what is problematic, and correct what is wrong.
■ As a general rule, by the end of your sixth month in the job at the very
latest, the data collection phase of the organizational analysis should have
been completed, with solutions to problems and growth opportunities
identified, and implementation of your plan should be well underway.
■ This diagnostic effort is part of the agreement, or appointment charter,
with your boss that you have discussed and negotiated.
■ You will want to involve your immediate staff and others, as appropriate,
in the organizational self-renewal effort.
■ Once completed, your employees will look to you to lead the charge in
implementing the recommendations identified in the organizational
improvement process. Your personal credibility and reputation are on
the line if you do not.
■ The diagnostic process goes on while regular work continues. Some will
complain that it is too much to do. Keep the “open for business” sign out
while you initiate the diagnostic process.
■ An effective organizational analysis can be conducted in a number of
ways. Regardless of approach, it always includes your active involvement
as the prime orchestrator.
■ You will need to ask many questions of many people in order to build
your base of information (360-degree organizational feedback) and to
check how different people view issues and problems.
■ We recommend an approach that utilizes a wide representation of peo-
ple from your function usually organized into task forces and a small
steering committee to guide the effort.