Organizational Effectiveness and Design
OE/D Consulting
"An organization is effective if it can accomplish its purpose; it is efficient if it can maintain the willingness of individuals to cooperate." - Chester Bernard, early industrialist and management educator
Among early management thinkers, Barnard was ahead of his time in capturing the two essential aspects of high-functioning organizations - people and performance. Effective organizational design is not just a logical flow chart or competent business plan, but a smooth and sustainable integration of technical and the human elements. Effective organizational design is also upstream from other critical areas such as:
- Change Management
- Conflict Navigation
- Critical Thinking on Social and Political Issues
- Strategic Thinking
- Talent Choreography
- Leadership Development and Management Training
- Healthy Culture
My consultation approach targets the pillars of healthy culture and high performance which are: workplace experiences, organizational structures, behavioral patterns, and underlying beliefs. Honest assessment and intervention in these areas lead to meaningful, sustainable business results.
Integral Process Leadership
"What Seth describes in this book would be nothing short of a revolution. It is a true embrace of what decades of positive psychology and strengths research has told us." - Cameron P., reviewer on Amazon
Integral Process Leadership (IPL) is the flagship organizational design model described in my book The Merlin Advantage. IPL represents the most future-focussed and transformative step you can take when it comes to organizational design.
When fully deployed, Integral Process Leadership is an expansion of organizational leadership architecture, not just a training or development approach. Based on powerful neuroscience along with commitments to common sense, IPL aims at total organizational transformation and global improvements in human flourishing.
The IPL implementation process involves start to finish guidance in finding, training, onboarding, and supporting Integral Process Leaders to steward culture and catalyze performance.
Leadership Development
Leaders don't just work within an organization's design - they are a living part of it. To help them operate at their fullest potential as catalysts to high performance and human flourishing, I work with:
- Leaders at all levels to identify strengths, navigate trouble spots, and find their own path to impact and fulfillment.
- Leadership teams to improve specific competencies, solve business problems, and increase collaboration.
- Organizations to develop their leadership pipelines and succession plans.