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 […]
Benefits of the HPO Framework
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Since the first publication on the HPO Framework in 2007, many organizations worldwide have worked with the HPO Framework, and many new research studies have been based on the framework. This made it possible to evaluate the financial and non-financial benefits that applying the HPO Framework can bring to organizations. Download chapter 1 and 2 […]
8 reasons for organizations to excel with the HPO Diagnosis
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
The main reason for starting an HPO Diagnosis is management’s strong wish for the organization to excel. In addition, there are quite a few other reasons for starting the HPO-diagnosis. Here is a list of eight of these reasons as given by the clients of the HPO Center: “We want to know where our organization […]
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 […]
Applicability of the high-performance organisation framework at Iringa University College
Saturday, 14 May 2011
By André de Waal (Maastricht School of Management) and Bukaza Chachage (Iringa University College) The case of Iringa University College – It pays to be an HPO! Purpose – In the past few decades, organizations all over the world have been searching for the elements that constitute continuous organizational success. Fuelled by bestsellers such as […]
Animal Firm: Learning from ants, crows and wild dogs…
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Article is based on the managementbook Animal Firm by Marco Schreurs Bring out the best animal behavior in you and your team The Animal Firm refers to Orwell’s classic book Animal Farm, in which authoritarian pigs are the boss. The Animal Firm is based on international research into High Performance Organizations by André de Waal. […]
A comparison of 26 High Performance Organization – HPO studies
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
By drs. Erik Belt, RC – Rabobank Introduction comparison High Performance Organization – HPO studies While studying to become a Register Controller at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, I evaluated 26 HPO studies of high performance organizations for a report. The goal of this evaluation was to identify ‘robust’ HPO studies that I could use […]