1st Edition

Building a Values-Driven Organization

By Richard Barrett Copyright 2006
    276 Pages
    by Routledge

    276 Pages
    by Routledge

    Richard Barrett, author of the best-selling book Liberating the Corporate Soul, presents his new thinking
    Based on his experience working with over 1,000 organizations in 32 countries on cultural transformation for the values-driven organization. He presents a whole system approach to cultural transformation, showing organizations how they can change their culture to become values-driven organizations that support their employees, their customers, their partners, their leaders, and ultimately drive effectiveness and profit.

    Table of Contents
    Chapter
    1
    Introduction
    Background
    Whole System Change
    Implementing Whole System Change

    2
    The Seven Levels of Consciousness Model
    The Seven Levels of Personal Consciousness
    The Seven Levels of Group Consciousness

    3
    The Cultural Transformation ToolsSM
    The Seven Levels of Organizational Consciousness
    Full-Spectrum Consciousness

    4
    Mapping the Values of Organizations
    Values Plot
    Values Distribution
    Distribution of Positive Values
    CTS Chart
    Business Needs Scorecard
    Other Examples of the Use of the CTT Assessment Instruments
    Conclusions

    5
    Mapping the Values of Individuals
    Individual Values Assessments
    Conclusions

    6
    Merging Cultures – The Importance of the Values of the Leadership Group
    The Merger of Company A and Company B
    The Merger of Department A and Department B
    The Values of the Leadership Group

    7
    Leadership Development – The Key to Cultural Transformation
    The Seven Levels of Leadership Consciousness
    Full-Spectrum Consciousness
    How Do Leaders Become Full-Spectrum?
    Leadership Values Assessments

    8
    Whole System Change – The Context for Cultural Transformation
    The Integral Model
    Common Mistakes
    Cultural Entropy

    9
    The Framework for Whole System Change
    Preparation Phase
    Implementation Phase

    10
    The Importance of Values-Based Decision-Making
    The Four Vectors of Consciousness
    The Five Modes of Decision-Making
    Conclusions

    11
    Values-Management
    Group Performance Indicators
    Individual Performance Indicators
    Values-Management Software

    12
    Integrating Appreciative Inquiry

    13
    Integrating Resilience
    Baseline Resilience Diagnostic

    14
    Integrating the EFQM Excellence Model®
    The Emergence of Excellence in Europe
    Integrating EFQM and CT Tools
    Case Study: Facilities Directorate Sheffield Hallam University

    15
    New Leaders, New Change-Agents
    Values-Based Decision-Making
    New Leaders
    Master Practitioners of Whole System Change


    Annex 1: Resources and Contact Information

    Biography

    Richard Barrett