Global Leaders on the Path to High Performance
Friday, 12 July 2024
During the launch of the book “What Makes A High Performance Organization,” two clients of the HPO Center shared their knowledge and experiences. These two inspiring cases have been previously published on our website. HP Defence & ATLAS Consortium Nick Churchman, former Director of Organizational Effectiveness at HP Defence in the United Kingdom, has spent […]
The five universal HPO factors of excellent performance
Thursday, 11 July 2024
With the publication of What Makes a High Performance Organization?, André de Waal concludes his extensive research. This calls for a conversation about HPO pillars and characteristics, excelling versus muddling through, and the mistake of too much ambition: ‘Many organizations fail on the process side, mainly because they undertake too many projects.’ Curiosity. A burning, […]
The Evidence: Performance Effects of the HPO Framework
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Since the introduction of the HPO framework in 2007, many organizations have undergone an HPO transformation. Often, an HPO diagnosis marked the beginning of the journey towards high performance. This allowed us to closely study the application and performance effects of the HPO framework in various organizations worldwide. Many of our findings have been published […]
The HPO Framework: guideline for mergers
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
KEY MESSAGE As is well known by now, the majority of mergers and acquisitions end in failure. Failure in the sense that expected synergies – either in cost savings or complementary portfolios – never materialized and that the sum of the parts turns out to be less valuable than the separate entities. It would therefore […]
HPO Diagnosis
Friday, 19 July 2013
If your organization or organizational unit aims for continuous improvement, better collaboration, and higher performance, it’s crucial to first gain insight into how you score on the five success factors of High Performance Organizations (HPOs). Becoming or remaining an HPO offers numerous benefits, not only for the organization as a whole but also for customers […]
Workshops & Seminars
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Awareness and Discussion within Your Management Team Active, customized workshop on topics such as: ’High Performance Organizations’, ’High Performance Leadership’, ’Improve your Management’, ’HPO and Best Ideas’, ‘High Performance Partnerships’, ‘Drive for Excellence’, etc.. Target group: Companies and institutions (or organizational units) that want to know more about high performance and want to actively work […]
Unilever about the principles of a good dialogue
Monday, 17 June 2013
Dialogue is defined as ‘discussion between people with different viewpoints, with the goal to improve decision-making and action-taking.’ Not all communication is dialogue. In organizations, communication is often a one-way process in which senders (usually managers) convey messages to receivers (other managers and employees) with the purpose to inform them or influence them to do certain things and undertake certain […]
How a quick external fix for your internal problems will never work!
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
Setting to work before you know what is really at issue is never a wise move Suppose your organization is experiencing a major problem. You may be grappling with poor employee performance, ineffective management, or perhaps you’re losing your best people. Maybe growth is stagnating, or profits have dipped. Since resolving these internal challenges on […]